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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Jeffrey D. Ollis, Dresher, PA (US);
James A. Panacek, North Wales, PA (US);
Jeffrey D. Ollis, Dresher, PA (US);
James A. Panacek, North Wales, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for reporting the presence of an adverse condition is described. Adverse conditions include smoke, breaking glass and carbon monoxide. The system includes one or more detectors that sense the adverse condition. The system further includes a central controller that stores a plurality of messages that in turn include a plurality of vocal instructions. A subset of messages is selected based on the detector that sends an indication of the adverse condition to the central controller. The subset of messages is then transmitted to a plurality of audio detectors and audio devices that plays the received vocal instructions.