Federal Signal Corporation

Lucent Technologies Inc.

At+t Corp.

At&t Bell Laboratories

3com Corporation

Michael K Pula

Paul John Ferrara

Albena Iotova-Gagnaire

Justin Karl Barth

Scott Thomas Rohrbaugh

Paul M Gergets

Sandeep Arvindkumar Patel

Thomas L DuBreuil

Paul J Ferrara

Theresa A Bradshaw

Cecil A Dean

David Louis Strebel

Jorge Manuel Jacinto Guerreiro

James R Cowley

Jorge Guerreiro

Laura S Bond-Harris

A system for object detection within a monitored zone around a vehicle includes: at least one processor; and memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: detect an object; and suppress an alert associated with detection of the object when a size of the detected object is below a lower size threshold value or above an upper size threshold value.

Perimeter breach warning system

A safety system can include: at least one wearable device configured to communicate with a central hub of a facility; and the central hub programmed to determine a location of the at least one wearable device within the facility, and to provide emergency instructions to the at least one wearable device based upon the location.

Facility safety system

A voice control system for a police vehicle, including: a single azimuthally-sensitive directional microphone configured to receive an audio command for controlling an aspect of the police vehicle and identify a direction of origin of the audio command; and a controller including a processor and tangible memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to: identify a command associated with the audio command received by the single azimuthally-sensitive directional microphone; and when the direction of origin allows for the command, initiate the command to control the aspect of the police vehicle.

Voice control for emergency vehicle

A system enabling devices on a printed circuit board to communicate using network communication protocols over the communication medium provided on a circuit board. Disclosed are means for interfacing devices to differential traces on the printed circuit board such that a network communication protocol can be implemented over the traces on a printed circuit board. A hub system is also disclosed to regulate access to a shared communication medium and allow a plurality of devices to communicate over the shared communication medium. Exemplary systems are described.

System for implementing network protocols between devices on a printed circuit board

An interactive video menu system provides an economical method for the storage, transmission, and reception of data necessary for interactive video sessions, which allows high-resolution images to be broadcast to end users along with all the control information necessary to display and navigate through these images. A simple interpretive script is run on the end user's device which traps the broadcast information and allows rapid response time and control of the interactive session without requiring expensive high-bandwidth facilities. Buffer equalized coding is used so that still, picture-in-a-still; and moving video images can be compressed at rates below those typically used with the MPEG-2 standard and continuously transmitted as video backgrounds in a seamless loop saving bandwidth without degradation in video quality. Data that instructs the end-user device how to display the video backgrounds and what foreground text to overlay on the video backgrounds is broadcast simultaneously in the bit stream This creates the appearance of a dedicated connection to the server while minimizing bandwidth and equipment cost and complexity.

System and method for displaying a video menu

An arrangement where display control data which has been developed off-line, and which specifies the content and sequence of the display screens required to lead a customer through activation of a plurality of telephone features, is received and stored by an analog display station either at an initialization or a feature update of the station. The display control data is used by the station to communicate information relating to a particular feature to a user via the station display. The user inputs, e.g., keystrokes, received after each display screen, are stored by the station, and after the sequence has been completed, all such stored user inputs are rapidly transmitted to the switching system to effect the particular feature. Significantly, the switching system telephone feature software is not involved until after all stored user inputs are transmitted. Therefore, there is no need to modify existing software as long as the user inputs are not changed.

Analog display station apparatus and method of effecting telephone

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for establishing telecommunications calls. An intelligent peripheral is bridged to a call being dialed. If the intelligent peripheral recognizes a need to supply information for establishing a call, or for signaling a customer request, the intelligent peripheral supplies digits or characters on the customer's behalf for use by the switch. The peripheral optionally has speech recognition apparatus for interpreting customer requests and supplying the digits needed to implement that request.

Telecommunications call processing

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Naperville, IL, United States of America

Michael K Pula