Patents by Inventor Bart Smudde

Bart Smudde has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080111700
    Abstract: A recordable smoke detector configured to record a message to be played in an alarm condition. The recordable smoke detector includes a testing system configured to play the recorded message to determine whether one or more quantifiable characteristics of the recorded message meets a predetermined threshold, thereby signifying that the recorded message is operable at a safe sound intensity capable of waking a sleeping person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Bart Smudde
  • Publication number: 20020103552
    Abstract: An invention to off-load the processing requirements for the playback of audio sequences within an electronic device. A dual processing system is utilized in which a host processing unit manages a plurality of tone patterns and detects the occurrence of events that require the playback of one or more of the tone patterns. The host processing unit transfers the appropriate tone patterns to a supplemental processing unit. The supplemental processing unit performs all of the necessary conversions for transforming the tone patterns into audio sequences and playing the tone sequences. This advantageously allows the host processing unit to process time-critical events without being burdened by providing the playback of the tone patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Mike Boucher, Ken Cowin, Bart Smudde, T. Steve Herrington