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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994

Filed:

Jan. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Krishna Narayannan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Marc D Liang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

John L Kurtz, Indiana, PA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395-284 ; 395-279 ;
Abstract

A system is provided with a voice activated control apparatus which permits precise control of one or more system variables by means of voice commands uttered by the system operator. When a system variable is in a movement or change mode, the movement or change is terminated by any sound exceeding a preestablished acoustic threshold level. Any value of one or more system variables can be identified and appropriate data stored in a memory to permit the one or more system variables to return to an identified value or state with a single voice command. The control apparatus is combined with a screen monitor and/or an acoustic speaker to provide visible and/or acoustic responses to an operator. The control apparatus is practical for retrofitting existing remotely controllable systems.


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