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Abstract

A device which operates as an intelligent hands free voice activated Reminder device on its own or as part of any device, or when connected to any network in the home or work, which incorporates a reminder and control system that announces and/or displays personalized scheduled messages and/or voice reminders of any length, either pre-recorded in a personal voice or a voice of a pre-recorded person, or a computer generated voice based on reminders and/or tasks at specific time or date or a combination of time, day, date or year.

These reminders can be confirmed by the end users and therefore acknowledged by a second person, whether they are in the same premises of the end user, or anywhere else in the world. The user can ask the device to repeat a reminder for any time, day, date or year. For example, when is my doctor's appointment? Or when is Justin's birthday? What is my mortgage renewal? When is my cell phone contract finished? What are today's reminders? What are all the reminders?

Claims

1. A device for delivering reminders and or messages to the user, by spoken words, digitized audio/video recordings or sounds & images on various displays that are either part of the device and or remotely mounted and connected to the device.

2. The messages can be entered into or retrieved from the device, by the user simply speaking in a normal voice, using a list Command phrases, to signal the device what the user wants the device to do and when.

3. The messages can also be entered into or retrieved from the device, remotely by the user simply using a wireless microphone and or through an internet or web type interface.

4. The messages are audio-video recordings and they are not of fixed length, as the messages are digitized recordings, they are not limited to any specific language.

5. The device uses a stored library of Standard English commands phrases. These command phrases can be downloaded with a replacement audio command library in another language.

6. Additional commands can be added to the library to support future additional functions.

7. A device with a microphone, a digitizer, an audio output amplifier, speaker, a basic network interface, an appropriate display, memory both non-volatile and dynamic, sufficient processing resources can be made to perform as the basic Reminder device, using the developed firmware routines.

8. The complete device functionality requires additional electronic parts, but if their equivalent functionality was available through the network interface, the full library of features and or functions could be implemented.

9. The device messages will be fully programmable by the user, a doctor, or any other person. By either locally speaking commands and messages into the device, and or remotely using a wireless audio microphone or video camera and or through an internet connection etc.

10. A device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said controller comprises a digitizer, said electronic memory, a sequencer and a digital processor, said digitizer receives the audio command phrases from said sensors and digitizes each audio string/phrase, said sequencer monitors said digitized signals and filters and enhances the signal and then if it determines a match with one or more of the stored reference command phrases, and then said digital processor retrieves from said command look up table said the appropriate sequence and data instructions of what to do and when, and then schedules for the playback of specific messages and or stored digitized audio-video messages to be played at the allotted time

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] In drawings which illustrate embodiments of the invention,

[0033] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the Reminder Device with optional external display and wireless keyboard.

[0034] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an Office Reminder Device with a wireless interface to various sensors.

[0035] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an Home Reminder Device with a wireless interface to various optional sensors.

[0036] FIG. 4 is a Front view of the Reminder Device using a clock (seven segment) display, showing the placement of the Microphone and the Video Camera.

[0037] FIG. 5 is a Rear view of the Reminder Device, showing the placement of the Push button, the HDMI video output connector and the RJ-45 Ethernet connector.

[0038] FIG. 6 is a Front and Rear 3D view of a minimal implementation of the Reminder Device,

[0039] FIG. 7 illustrates the symbols used in the flow charts.

[0040] FIG. 8 is a flow chart for an exemplary Main Audio Command Decoder.

[0041] FIG. 9 is a flow chart for an exemplary Set Time Audio Command Recognition routine.

[0042] FIG. 10 is a flow chart for an exemplary Set Date Audio Command Recognition routine.

[0043] FIG. 11 is a flow chart for an exemplary Set Alarm Time Audio Command Recognition routine.

[0044] FIG. 12 is a flow chart for an exemplary Choose Alarm Sound Audio Command Recognition routine.

[0045] FIG. 13 is a flow chart for an exemplary Report Audio Command Recognition routine.

[0046] FIG. 14 is a flow chart for an exemplary Report Help Audio Command Recognition routine.

[0047] FIG. 15 is a flow chart for an exemplary Alarm Command processing routine.

[0048] FIG. 16 is a flow chart for an exemplary Buttons and Switches Command processing routines.

[0049] FIG. 17 is a flow chart for an exemplary Reminder Count Command processing Reminder Saving routine.

[0050] FIG. 18 is a flow chart for an exemplary Record Reminders Command processing Reminder Recording routine.

[0051] FIG. 19 is a flow chart for an exemplary Play All Reminders Command processing Play All Reminder Recordings stored routine.

[0052] FIG. 20 is a flow chart for an exemplary Manual Play Reminder Command processing Manual Playback Reminder of stored Recordings routine.

[0053] FIG. 21 is a flow chart for an exemplary Reminder Time Command processing Reminder Time programming for a stored Recording routine.

[0054] FIG. 22 is a flow chart for an exemplary Different Day Command processing Different Day Reminder Time programming for a stored Recording routine.

[0055] FIG. 23 is a flow chart for an exemplary Reminder Flow Command processing Reminder message playback Time and Acknowledgement command recognition programming for a stored Recording routine.

[0056] FIG. 24 is a flow chart for an exemplary Calendar Date Audio Command processing Reminder message playback Time and Date programming for a stored Recording routine.