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Audio signal generator
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1983-03-28
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Granted: 1986-03-18
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Expires: 2003-03-28
Abstract
Abstract A system is disclosed that includes an audio signal generator to provide a distinguishable audible output that varies in accordance with a monitored input. The audio signal generator varies a parameter of the audible output, such as frequency or amplitude, in n discrete steps corresponding to a range of variation in value of the monitored input. A plurality of different inputs may be monitored, and an audio signal generated therefrom having a plurality of different parameters, each of which corresponds to an individual one of the monitored inputs. The monitored inputs may be heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and body temperature. The audio signal produced may be composed of a series of recurring pulses, the parameters of which corresponding to the different monitored inputs are amplitude of each pulse, time duration of each pulse, time duration between the onset of successive pulses, and the frequency of the signal that defines each pulse.
Inventors
- 👤 David Johnson
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/74; A61B5/7405; A61B5/7415; A61B5/02; A61B5/0205; A61B5/02055; F; F02; F02P; F02P17/00; F02P17/10; A61B5/021; A61B5/024; A61B5/0245
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A system for providing a distinguishable audible output varying in accordance with a condition to be monitored comprising first means for generating a signal that varies in accordance with variations of a monitored condition, and audio signal generator means receiving said signal from said first means and generating an audible output that varies in n discrete steps corresponding to a range of variation of said signal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
66 words
A system for providing a distinguishable audible output varying in accordance with a condition to be monitored comprising first means for generating a signal that varies in accordance with variations of a monitored condition, and audio signal generator means receiving said signal from said first means and generating an audible output that varies in n discrete steps corresponding to a range of variation of said signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system according to claim 1, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing an audible output that varies in n discrete steps over a range of frequencies.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 2, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing said audible output in steps generally in accordance with a diatonic scale.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system according to claim 1, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing an audible output which varies in n discrete steps over a range of amplitudes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
A system according to claim 1, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing an audible output which is a series of recurring pulses of sound, the duration of each pulse of which varies in n discrete steps over a range of pulse durations.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
A system according to claim 1, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing an audible output which is a series of recurring pulses of sound, the pulse repetition rate of which varies in n discrete steps over a range of pulse repetition rates.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
110 words
A system for providing an audible output varying in accordance with a plurality of different monitored inputs comprising first means for generating a plurality of signals representing a plurality of different monitored inputs, and audio signal generator means receiving said plurality of signals for generating an audio signal having a plurality of different audio parameters, each of said parameters corresponding to an individual one of said plurality of signals, said audio signal generator means includes at least one quantizer means for varying an associated parameter of said audio signal in n discrete steps corresponding to a range of variation in value of the corresponding one of said plurality of signals.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
110 words
A system for providing an audible output varying in accordance with a plurality of different monitored inputs comprising first means for generating a plurality of signals representing a plurality of different monitored inputs, and audio signal generator means receiving said plurality of signals for generating an audio signal having a plurality of different audio parameters, each of said parameters corresponding to an individual one of said plurality of signals, said audio signal generator means includes at least one quantizer means for varying an associated parameter of said audio signal in n discrete steps corresponding to a range of variation in value of the corresponding one of said plurality of signals.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system according to claim 7, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing an audio signal the parameters of which, that vary according to the monitored inputs are at least frequency and amplitude.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
68 words
A system according to claim 7, in which said audio signal generator means includes means for producing an audio signal that is composed of a series of recurring pulses of which the parameters that vary according to the monitored inputs are at least two of the following: (a) amplitude of each pulse, (b) time duration of each pulse, (c) pulse periodicity, (d) frequency of signal defining each pulse.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
A system according to claim 7, particularly suited for the monitoring of body conditions, in which said first means includes means for generating signals representative of at least two of the following: (a) heart rate, (b) systolic blood pressure, (c) pulmonary artery diastolic blood pressure, (d) body temperature.
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