Voice Recorder Sensor Registration System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual registration of sensor locations in security and fire systems is tedious, cost-inefficient, and prone to human errors, making it difficult for first responders to quickly locate sensors raising alarms.
Innovation Solution
A voice recorder-based system that records sensor locations during installation, converting voice tags to digital messages for storage in the control panel, associating unique identification numbers with voice tags, and including these in alarm signals to facilitate rapid sensor location identification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual data entry using keypads is used for sensor registration, then the system can be installed, but the process is tedious, cost-inefficient, and vulnerable to human errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical data entry via keypads with an automated voice recognition system. The voice recorder captures spoken location descriptions, which are then processed by a coder/decoder to convert into digital voice tags, eliminating the need for manual typing and reducing installation time while minimizing human errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service registration where the installer simply speaks the sensor location into the voice recorder without requiring complex manual input procedures. The voice-based interface allows the installer to independently complete registration by talking, making the process more efficient and less error-prone.
2Reliability
If manual registration is used, then sensor locations can be recorded, but first responders cannot quickly determine alarm locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates voice tag copies of the original spoken location descriptions and stores them in both the sensor memory and the control panel. When an alarm occurs, the pre-stored voice tag is immediately played back or transmitted, allowing first responders to quickly identify the alarm location without manual lookup, thereby reducing response time while maintaining reliable location identification.
3Productivity
If voice recording is converted to digital voice tag, then registration efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a coder/decoder as an intermediary component that bridges the voice recorder and the control panel. This intermediary converts analog voice recordings into digital voice tags and facilitates their transmission and storage, enabling efficient registration while managing system complexity through a dedicated conversion layer.
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AI summary
A system and method for monitoring a location having at least one sensor for sensing a change in at least one condition using voice tags to announce alarms. The system includes a registration process where a voice recorder and a digital conversion unit form digital voice tags from recorded speech representing the type and location of sensors. The voice tag is sent as part of an alarm message or pre-stored in a control panel for later retrieval such that the type and location of an alarm is reproduced vocally at the time of the alarm. The registration process may be completed with a registration module which may be a keypad or the voice recorder may be included in the sensors. Additional features include sensor location change notification to ensure the stored voice tag represents the current location of the sensor.