Patent Document ID: 20040210442
Application ID: 10699090
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An item locator system having both voice activation and voice responsive capabilities for location feedback to locate one or more specific items, which comprises: a.) a plurality of sets of different items, each set having at least one item therein, each set having a specified location, and each set having its own unique item-identifying bar code, with at least one item of each set having said unique item-identifying bar code located thereon; b.) a plurality of specified locations, each location having at least one of said plurality of sets of different items located thereat, each location of said plurality of locations having a unique location-identifying bar code, each of said plurality of locations having a said unique location-identifying bar code physically situated on at least one item from each set of items which is located at that location; c.) a support structure, for physically supporting said system at one or more locations, and functionally containing or connected to the following components: d.) a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor (DSP); e.) a programmable microprocessor interfaced with said speech recognition DSP; f.) sufficient programming and circuitry contained within said programmable microprocessor to provide for voice activation and voice recognition and response, and having item-identification/corresponding location-identification data pairs obtained from said unique item-identifying bar codes and said unique location-identifying bar codes, so as to provide item location information to a user; g.) voice input means connected to said speech recognition DSP; h.) memory storage means connected to said programmable microprocessor for storage of operational inputs, control inputs, voice recognition vocabulary for storage of command match and execute functions; and, i.) at least one user feedback unit and connection from said programmable microprocessor to said at least one user feedback unit, said at least one user feedback unit adapted to provide feedback selected from the group consisting of audio feedback, visual feedback and combinations thereof, to a user in response to an item location query.