WO1999013698B1 - Hands-free signal level meter - Google Patents

Hands-free signal level meter

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Publication number
WO1999013698B1
WO1999013698B1 PCT/US1998/017836 US9817836W WO9913698B1 WO 1999013698 B1 WO1999013698 B1 WO 1999013698B1 US 9817836 W US9817836 W US 9817836W WO 9913698 B1 WO9913698 B1 WO 9913698B1
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electrical signal
signal measurement
measurement device
self
hands free
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PCT/US1998/017836
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Randall S Estep
Dennis A Zimmerman
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Comsonics Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R1/00—Details of instruments or arrangements of the types included in groups G01R5/00 - G01R13/00 and G01R31/00
    • G01R1/02—General constructional details
    • G01R1/025—General constructional details concerning dedicated user interfaces, e.g. GUI, or dedicated keyboards
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L15/00—Speech recognition
    • G10L15/26—Speech to text systems

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
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  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Testing Or Calibration Of Command Recording Devices (AREA)
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Abstract

An electrical signal measurement device comprises sections which are carried by an operator in a belt, jacket, vest, harness (or the like) and a headpiece (10) with a headphone and a visual display (13). The thus wearable system includes speech recognition as well as speech synthesis so the operator may control and communicate with the instrument while his/her hands are left free to perform any necessary function.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 30 March 1999 (30.03.99); original claims 1-16 replaced by amended claims 1-15 (5 pages)]Having thus described our invention, what we claims as new and desire e by Letters Patent is as follows:
1. A self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device comprising: a system unit which is attachable to or worn on the person of a technician, the system unit including a central processing unit (CPU) and associated circuitry running speech recognition software, a speech recognizer communicating with the CPU to operate electrical signal measurement functions in response to spoken commands, a memory communicating with the CPU to store digitized measurements, and a poπ to allow downloading of digitized measurements, and a port to allow downloading of digitized measurements stored in the memory for the purpose of further analysis at a remote location; a test probe connected to said system unit and connectable to an electrical test point for making an electrical signal measurement, the CPU digitizing a measured electrical signal and formatting the digitized signal for display and storing in the memory; and an integrated visual display and an audio link to the system unit, the audio link generating electrical signals in response to spoken commands by the technician, which spoken commands are recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU and associated circuitry to direct and navigate through a displayed user interface in order to operate electrical signal measurement device functions, including storing digitized measurements in memory, and the CPU providing user feedback and messages, whereby all measurements may be made in a hands free manner.
2. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 further comprising a user interface to receiver manual controls entered by a user to direct and navigate through a displayed user interface in order to operate electrical signal measurement device functions.
3. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 2 further comprising a cursor control on said system unit and wherein the user interface is responsive to the cursor control.
4. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 wherein the integrated visual display and audio link comprise a headpiece incorporating the visual display, a microphone and a head phone.
5. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 wherein the integrated visual display and audio link comprise the visual display, a microphone and head phone attached to a hard hat worn by the technician.
6. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 wherein the integrated visual display and audio link comprise a chest mounted visual display, a microphone and a miniature speaker.
7. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 wherein the integrated visual display and audio link comprise an integrated visual display, a microphone and a miniature speaker and wherein the system unit and integrated visual display, microphone and miniature speaker are carried in a compartmentalized carrying case having a neck strap and a flap which when lifted, reveals the integrated visual display, microphone and miniature speaker.
8. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 wherein the spoken commands recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU include speaker independent words and speaker dependent words, the speech recognition software running on the CPU and associated circuitry having a training function for speaker dependent words.
9. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 8 wherein speaker independent words are recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU to select .among a predetermined number of designated users.
10. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 9 wherein in the speaker dependent words recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU for a selected one of the predetermined number of designated users include words meaning "tune" .and "range", the software responding to the word meaning "tune" to activate a tune mode in which the technician can navigate tuning the device for a measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands and the software responding to the word meaning "range" to activate a range mode in which the technician can navigate selecting a range for a measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands.
11. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 10 wherein the speaker dependent words recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU for a selected one of the number of designated users include words meaning "scale" and "zoom", the software responding to the word meaning "scale" to activate a scale mode in which the technician can navigate scaling the display of a measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands and the software responding to the word meaning "zoom" to activate a zoom mode in which the technician can navigate selecting an expansion or compression the display of a measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands.
12. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 11 wherein in the speaker dependent words recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU for a selected one of the predetermined number of designated user include words meaning "hum" and "CNR", the software responding to the word meaning "hum" to activate a hum mode in which the technician can navigate a hum measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands and the software responding to the word meaning "CNR" to activate a range mode in which the technician can navigate selecting a carrier to noise measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands.
13. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 9 wherein in the speaker dependent words recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU for a selected one of the predetermined number of designated users include words meaning "CAD" and "TP", the software responding to the word meaning "CAD" to activate a comparative analysis test mode in which the technician can navigate comparative analysis measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands and the software responding to the word meaning "TP" to activate a test point mode in which the technician can navigate selecting a test point offset measurement by a predetermined script of spoken commands.
14. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 11 wherein the speaker dependent words recognized by the speech reognition software running on the CPU for a selected one of the predetermined number of designated users include a word meaning "store", the software responding to the word meaning "store" to activate a store mode in which the technician can navigate storing digitized measurement data in memory by a predetermined script of spoken commands.
15. The self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device recited in claim 1 further comprising in the system unit a speech synthesizer generating audio feedback messages to the technician.
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