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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Richard J. Roby, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael S. Klassen, Columbia, MD (US);
Jacqueline Dubois, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Glenn Gaines, Fallston, MD (US);
Erin Ashley, Elkridge, MD (US);
Richard J. Roby, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael S. Klassen, Columbia, MD (US);
Jacqueline DuBois, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Glenn Gaines, Fallston, MD (US);
Erin Ashley, Elkridge, MD (US);
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for waking a person includes the provision of tactile stimulation in a repeating interrupted pattern upon the detection of an alarm signal indicative of an event for which the person should be awakened. In one embodiment, a device for waking a person comprises a circuit for generating a driver signal in response to an alarm signal, the driver signal having a repeating interrupted pattern; an electrically controlled switching device having a control input, a power input and a power output, the power input being connectable to a power source, the control input being connected to receive the driver signal from the circuit; and a tactile stimulation device connected to the power output of the electrically controlled switching device, the tactile stimulation device being configured to produce a tactile stimulation.