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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:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Cambridge Sound Management, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Calisi, Middleton, MA (US);

Gregory Saunders, Worcester, MA (US);

Mitchell Nollman, Brighton, MA (US);

Gordon V. Cook, Acton, MA (US);

Thomas R. Horrall, Harvard, MA (US);

Stephen Shenefield, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/02 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01); A61F 11/06 (2006.01); H03B 29/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/175 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/323 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04K 3/82 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a sound masking system is used to produce a sound masking zone in the vicinity of a defined area, for example in an area surrounding a conference room, an area within a medical office, or an area within a place of worship. A screen of loudspeakers around the defined area is used to create the sound masking zone. An indicator light, outside the defined area and unique to the sound masking zone around the defined area, is used to indicate that the sound masking system is active or ramping up.


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