Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-14
2006-03-14
Crosland, Donnie L. (Department: 2636)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
C340S815400, C381S086000, C381S110000, C381S365000, C455S569100, C455S575900
Reexamination Certificate
active
07012507
ABSTRACT:
A voice acquisition system for a vehicle includes a module attached at an inner surface portion of the windshield of the vehicle. The module includes at least one microphone for receiving audio signals within a cabin of the vehicle and generating an output signal indicative of the audio signals. The microphone may provide sound capture for at least one of a hands free cell phone system, an audio recording system and an emergency communication system. A control is operable to receive the output signal from the at least one microphone and is operable to distinguish the presence of vocal signals from non-vocal signals. The module includes at least one additional accessory. The module attaches at the windshield by at least one of a mechanical attachment and an adhesive attachment.
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Photographs A-F of a microphone in a vehicle which Applicants believe was a 1998 Mercedes, and which Applicants believe was on sale in the United States more than one year prior to the filing of the present application.
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DeLine Jonathan E.
Lynam Niall R.
March Phillip A.
Spooner Ralph A.
Crosland Donnie L.
Donnelly Corporation
Van Dyke Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
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