Audible diagnostic information apparatus and method
US6832076B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C2201/62
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control unit 11 responds in ordinary course to external stimuli. In addition, the control unit 11 further processes the external stimuli to characterize and otherwise seek to identify certain aspects and attributes. Unique audible signals that correspond to varying results of such analysis are then provided. These audible signals can readily facilitate ease and accuracy when diagnosing the cause of a particular operational issue. In one embodiment the diagnostic audible signals are selectively mutable without concurrently muting other audible signals as correspond to ordinary operation of the control unit 11.
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