Alert processing devices and systems for noise-reducing headsets and methods for providing alerts to users of noise-reducing headsets

摘要

A system includes an active noise-reducing headset and an alert processor. The active noise reducing headset includes a communication module that establishes a wireless communication link, a microphone that generates a microphone signal in response to ambient noise, a speaker, a noise reduction circuit that generates a noise reduction signal in response to the microphone signal, and a control circuit that receives an incoming alert signal from the communication module and plays the alert signal over the speaker. The alert processor includes a second communication module that establishes the wireless link with the active noise-reducing headset, and a controller that receive an incoming alert signal, generates an alert notification in response to the alert signal, and transmits the alert notification to the active noise-reducing headset.

主权项

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a communication module to establish a wireless communication link with an active noise-reducing headset that is located remotely from the electronic device; and a controller coupled to the communication module to receive an incoming audible alert signal that was audibly transmitted by an alert generation device, to analyze the audible alert signal to determine if it should be re-transmitted to the active noise-reducing headset, and to re-transmit the audible alert signal to the active noise-reducing headset via the wireless communication link in response to the analysis of the audible alert signal; wherein the controller is to determine a source of the audible alert signal, and wherein the controller is to selectively transmit the audible alert signal in response to determining a source of the audible alert signal, the device further comprising a database that identifies actions to be taken in response to specified alert signals, wherein the database contains configuration information that specifies which of a plurality of headsets should receive notification of the specified alert signals.