Vibration alert method and monitor system

Abstract

Disclosed herein are child monitor systems and methods in which a device includes a receiver that receives a wireless signal including audio data indicative of sounds captured at a remote location. The receiver includes a demodulator to derive a digital data stream from the wireless signal. The device further includes a processor coupled to the receiver to obtain the digital data stream and configured to analyze the digital data stream to determine whether to initiate a vibration alert. In some cases, a transmitter device includes a processor configured to generate a vibration alert command based on an analysis of the digital audio data and for incorporation in the wireless signal.

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[0001] This application claims priority to US Provisional Application No. 60 / 885,310, entitled "Vibration Alert Method and Monitoring System," filed January 17, 2007, the entire disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0002] The present disclosure relates generally to child monitoring systems, and more particularly to child monitoring systems capable of generating an oscillating alarm. Background technique [0003] Traditional child monitoring systems typically have a receiver (or caregiver unit) and a transmitter (or child unit) that communicate wirelessly with each other. The transmitter is usually placed in a nursery, room or other environment where the child is and the receiver is usually placed in a room away from the child's environment or where the caregiver is. In operation, the child unit captures sound and, in some cases, images, and sends representative data to the caregiver unit, where the data is converted back to sou...

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[0006] Unfortunately, analog transmission of data between transmitter and receiver is undesirably restrictive

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