Patent · US Expired

Telecommunications device for the hearing impared

US4608457A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 11, 1984
Grant dateAug 26, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 11, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S379/906
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This apparatus having means responsive to a dual multifrequency telephone output to provide an electrical signal to an automatic gain control so as to provide preconditioning to a signal for amplification so as to provide an amplified signal to a comparator with visual light source responsive thereto to indicate activity at the other end of the phone line and a tone decoder also receiving the amplified signal to a digital binary code corresponding to the dual tone multifrequency signal received.

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