Patent ID: 6975240

Claim:
A system to aid in communicating with the hearing impaired comprising: a first transceiver capable of being trained to recognize a first audible event by microphone; the said first transceiver having means to convert such first audible event to a radio frequency signal; a second transceiver capable of being trained to recognize a second different audible event by microphone; the said second transceiver having means to convert such second different audible event to a second radio frequency signal; a third transceiver capable of radio frequency communication with the said first transceiver and the said second transceiver; the said third transceiver having haptic means to alert an individual in close proximity to the said third transceiver that a message corresponding to the first audible event has occurred because of receipt of the first radio frequency signal by the said third transceiver or that the second different audible event has occurred because of receipt of the second radio frequency signal by the said third transceiver; the said third transceiver having means to visually communicate a message corresponding to the detection of the first audible event or the different second audible event when said third transceiver has received by said third transceiver from at least one of said first transceiver or said second transceiver; provided further that the first audible event is entered into a computer chip or circuit in said first transceiver as a first specific radio frequency signal and the said third transceiver is programmed to receive only said first specific radio frequency signal.