Patent ID: 7006650

Claim:
A device for avoiding sleep disturbances due to noise and other sounds, comprising means for detecting specific snoring sounds by capturing them through a microphone and a sound recognition system wherein a specific snoring sound is stored and compared with the captured snoring sound, in order to detect the specific snoring sound; a radio station operatively connected to said means for detecting specific snoring sounds and further including an input mechanism being at least one of a clock with an alarm function, a telephone, a doorbell station, a baby monitoring device, a smoke alarm, and a receiving part of a movement of a movement detector, and being operative to emit on reception of the specific snoring sound and/or an input from the input mechanism, a radio signal, and two sound-insulating earplugs at least one of which includes an integrated radio receiver for receiving the radio signal emitted by the radio station and means for converting received radio signals to audio signals.