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US008477958B2
(12)
Ulllted
States
Patent
(10)
Patent
N0.:
US
8,477,958
B2
Moeller
et
al.
(45)
Date
of
Patent:
*Jul.
2,
2013
(54)
NETWORKED
SOUND
MASKING
SYSTEM
4,686,693
A
*
8/1987
Ritter
.........................
..
381/73.1
4,914,706
A
*
4/1990
Krause
.........
..
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381/73.1
_ - _
5,406,634
A
*
4/1995
Anderson
et
al.
..
381/82
(75)
Inventors.
Kllaus
R.
Moeller,
Oakv1lle(CA),.
5,440,644
A
*
8/1995
Farineniet
a1‘
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381/81
Nlklas
Moeller,
OakV111e(CA);
Mlrcea
5,666,424
A
*
9/1997
Fosgate
61:11.
.
..
381/18
Rusu,
Toronto
(CA);
Carl
Derla,
5,675,830
A
*
10/1997
Satula
.............................
..
710/9
5,689,229
A
11/1997
Chaco
et
a1.
Toronto
(CA)
6,888,945
B2
*
5/2005
Horrall
......................
..
381/73.1
, ,
7,194,094
B2*
3/2007
H
11
tal.
..............
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381/731
(73)
Ass1gnee:
777388
Ontario
Limited,
Ontar1o
(CA)
Orra
e
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
(
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any
(3531mm?
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1998,
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exten
e
or
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for
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14,.
This
patent
is
Subject
to
a
terminal
dis_
“Atlas
Sound
MG2500
Sound
Masking
Generator
with
2-Channel
Claimer
DSP
and
Page
Input
Operation
Manual.
Atlas
Sound,
Ennis,
TX;
'
Apr.
2002.
(21)
Appl.No.:
09/791,802
*
Cited
by
examiner
(22)
Filed:
Feb‘
26’
2001
Primary
Examiner
*
Vivian
Chin
(65)
Prior
Publication
Data
Assistant
Examiner
*
Lun-See
Lao
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
or
Firm
*
HArness,
Dickey
&
Pierce,
US
2002/0150261
A1
Oct.
17,
2002
PLC
(51)
Int-
Cl-
(57)
ABSTRACT
H04R
3/02
(2006.01)
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sound
maskmg
system
for
shapmg
the
amb1ent
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level
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a
physical
environment.
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units
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function
to
reproduce
the
sound
masking
signal
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a
lication
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for
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lete
Seam};
histo
T
generated
by
the
master
sound
masking
unit.
Each
of
the
pp
p
1y‘
master
units
is
addressable
over
the
network
by
the
control
(56)
References
Cited
unit
enabling
the
control
unit
to
program
the
contour,
spectral
U.S.
PATENT
DOCUMENTS
3,980,827
A
*
9/1976
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et
al.
.........
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381/731
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A
*
10/1977
McGregor
et
al.
..........
..
340/522
4,185,167
A
*
1/1980
Cunninghamet
a1.
.....
..
381/73.1
4,319,088
A
*
3/1982
Or?eld
.......................
..
381/73.1
4,476,572
A
10/1984
Horrallet
al.
12
CONTROL
UNIT
/
/48
band,
and
gain
characteristics
of
the
sound
masking
output
signal.
The
system
may
also
include
a
remote
control
unit
Which
provides
the
capability
to
tune
and
adjust
each
master
sound
masking
unit in
situ
Without
requiring
physical access
through
the
ceiling
installation.
26
Claims,
15
Drawing
Sheets
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - 1/4c 1/4n

US008477958B2 (12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,477,958 B2 Moeller et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Jul. 2, 2013 (54) NETWORKED SOUND MASKI

Page 2 - 165.200

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 9 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 CONTROL UNIT /180 TIMER MENU SELECT UNIT I ENTRY Y DISPLAY ENTRY (WEEKDAY/TIME/LEVEL) 184 YES CH

Page 3

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 10 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 72 SELECT FIRST UNIT /190 / ‘ CHECK UNIT '" DIAGNOSTIC MENU GET UNIT SERIAL NUMBER _/

Page 4 - E052 E952

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 11 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 220 \ ENTER PASSWORD /70 CONTROL uNIT 222 SYSTEM CONFIG MENU NO 224 OK " YES ExIT : II DIS

Page 5

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 12 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 SELECT FUNCTION FOR MASTER SOUND MASKING UNITS 270 305 306 1 304 jo $32 CoMMAND 303 / / / / / /

Page 6 - (BACKGROUND)

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 13 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT DISPLAY I SETUP 350 \ GAIN MENU M 352\ CONTOUR MENU l 354 \ PAGING MENU V 3

Page 8 - DISPLAY

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 15 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 500 / 1600 2600 4600 8000 63 125160250 560 31.5 OCTAVE-BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES (Hz) FIG. 17

Page 9 - MULTIPLE

US 8,477,958 B2 1 NETWORKED SOUND MASKING SYSTEM FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to sound masking, and more particularly to a net

Page 10 - ______

US 8,477,958 B2 3 work to the sound masking units, and the control signals include signals for controlling the operation of at least some of the sound

Page 11 - 1'

US 8,477,958 B2 5 conductors carry power, two conductors provide a communi cation channel, and one conductor provides for paging. The master sound mas

Page 12 - PASSWORD

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 1 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 fOE 3 mr/ §\ 53 am aw i \ \ sol R:\ 09 G2 a; Ill! 2 N2 :2 \ \ \ El 03 n3 m3 @ M > 2\ :23 m— J

Page 13 - PROGRAM

US 8,477,958 B2 7 controller 38. In the present embodiment, the 1/3 Octave Band frequencies comprise 160, 200, 250, 315, 400, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 125

Page 19

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 3 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 85%;: $4115; E052 690 652 éaww $55215 U235“ 9am! 3&5 wzoE ; \ > \ > \ > \ ‘r > 8

Page 21

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 5 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 10 1 /10O 102 / INTIALIZATION 10\6 104 TIMER DISPLAY I SETUP (PERIODICAL) (BACKGROUND) FIG. 5

Page 22

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 6 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 104 / II CONTROL UNIT 110 DISPLAY SETUP DATE / T'ME MENU / II GAIN MENU /'112 II CONTO

Page 23

US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 7 0f 15 US 8,477,958 B2 110 / CONTROL UNIT DATE / TIME MENU 130 DISPLAY TIME / 132 YES 1/34 No sET TIME I DISPLAY DATE /

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US 8,477,958 B2 US. Patent Jul. 2, 2013 Sheet 8 0115 111 SELECT UNIT /~15° / 152 MULTIPLE 1/54 CONTROL UNIT GAIN / GoNTRoL/ PAGING I ALL SELECT RANGE

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