发明名称 |
Electronic directory and entry control system |
摘要 |
An electronic directory and entry control system includes, in different embodiments, a scheme for cooling a liquid crystal display ("ILCD") and an interface for a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf ("TDD"). Because entry control systems are commonly installed outdoors under uncontrollable temperature conditions, and because LCDs are typically inoperable in high temperatures, a first embodiment of the present system utilizes a solid-state thermoelectric cooling device to maintain the LCD within a preferred temperature range. Further, because entry control systems typically rely on verbal communications between a visitor and a tenant in determining whether the visitor should be admitted, such systems are often of no use when hearing-impaired individuals visit. Accordingly, a second embodiment of the present system allows for TDD use in communication between hearing-impaired visitors and tenants. The second disclosed embodiment further provides the ability to use a relay service for communication between a hearingimpaired visitor and an unimpaired tenant, or between an unimpaired visitor and a hearing-impaired tenant.
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申请公布号 |
US5982861(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.11.09 |
申请号 |
US19960703944 |
申请日期 |
1996.08.28 |
申请人 |
MARLEE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION |
发明人 |
HOLLOWAY, B. SCOTT;TEVIS, CHARLES W.;MAZUREK, NIEL;GANGI, JOSEPH G.;SCHWANDT, MARK M. |
分类号 |
H04M11/02;(IPC1-7):H04M11/00 |
主分类号 |
H04M11/02 |
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