Intercom (7) Patents (Class D14/159)
  • Wireless intercom system
    Patent number: 7103392
    Abstract: A wireless intercom unit includes an electronics housing including a first side, where the first side is configured to interface with a planar surface. The intercom unit also includes a microphone, a speaker, and an input device, where these components are located on a portion of the housing other than the first side. The intercom further includes a first channel transceiver for a first channel radio frequency range. In another embodiment, a wireless communication system includes a wireless intercom unit and an earpiece for wireless communication with the wireless intercom unit. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a wireless communication system includes a wireless intercom unit and a remote switch for providing user input information to the intercom unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas D. Fletcher, James C. Medek, Ronald W. Hall
  • Main unit of entrance television phone system
    Patent number: D500479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Senda, Kouji Yukikado
  • Main unit and recording unit of entrance television phone system
    Patent number: D500748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Senda, Kouji Yukikado
  • Outdoor intercom unit
    Patent number: D500751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Yukikado, Tamotsu Senda
  • Main unit of entrance television phone system
    Patent number: D502156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Senda, Kouji Yukikado
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D505127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshida, Toshio Hotta
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D509820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshida, Toshio Hotta
  • Recording unit of entrance television phone system
    Patent number: D513744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Senda, Kouji Yukikado
  • Outdoor intercom unit
    Patent number: D519100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Shioya, Junichi Ogawa
  • Intercom
    Patent number: D520487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Shioya
  • Video intercom home device
    Patent number: D520488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Bticino S.p.A
    Inventor: Fabrizio Fabrizi
  • Intercom base unit
    Patent number: D521489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Audio Authority Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Farnsworth, Barry E. Royse
  • Outdoor intercom unit
    Patent number: D522490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Yukikado, Tamotsu Senda
  • Controller for television surveillance system
    Patent number: D525160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mataichi Kurata
  • Personal conferencing node
    Patent number: D525231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith McMillen, David S. Hishinuma, Keith Edwards
  • Outdoor intercom unit
    Patent number: D525963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Yukikado, Tamotsu Senda
  • Sound emitting device
    Patent number: D527055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Paul B. Hester
  • Audio/video intercom system
    Patent number: D528534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Audio Authority Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Farnsworth, Barry E. Royse
  • Outdoor intercom unit
    Patent number: D531160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Yukikado, Tamotsu Senda
  • Audible messaging device for encouraging a patron to employ proper hygiene habits
    Patent number: D533800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Inventor: John W. Bryant
  • Interpreters console
    Patent number: D534151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Lacides Marquez
  • Video entry-phone control board
    Patent number: D534885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: VIMAR S.p.A.
    Inventor: Quick Holger
  • Video entry-phone control board
    Patent number: D535268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Vimar S.p.A.
    Inventor: Quick Holger
  • Parent unit for babyphone
    Patent number: D538245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Stephen Robert Heath
  • Baby unit for babyphone
    Patent number: D539251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Stephen Robert Heath
  • Parent unit for babyphone
    Patent number: D539252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Stephen Robert Heath
  • Baby unit for babyphone
    Patent number: D540291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Stephen Robert Heath
  • Audio conferencing device
    Patent number: D474169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Mitel Knowledge Corporation
    Inventor: Jodie Fletcher
  • Portable video and audio transmission device
    Patent number: D548247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Jean Chin Chu Lee
  • Voice intercom unit
    Patent number: D549685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Lacides Marquez
  • Shopper call box
    Patent number: D550198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Indyme Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Deal
  • Conference console
    Patent number: D552073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Lacides Marquez
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D553607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shouheii Miyamoto, Toshio Hotta
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D554103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Morikawa, Toshio Hotta
  • Endpoint for a videoconference
    Patent number: D559210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Tandberg Telecom AS
    Inventors: David Brown, Maren Anne Røed
  • Endpoint for a videoconference
    Patent number: D559211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Tandberg Telecom AS
    Inventors: David Brown, Maren Anne Røed
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D480377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshida, Toshio Hotta
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D480702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshida, Toshio Hotta
  • Telephone entry system housing
    Patent number: D561733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William Joseph Lord Reeves, Gregory Allen Langley, Jared Harvey Dean, Douglas Hood Grambush
  • Interphone with a TV monitor
    Patent number: D561734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Masanori Kumazawa
  • Door-phone for home network
    Patent number: D562306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan Hee Jeong, Gil Seob Lee, Jeong Taek Lim
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D481698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Toshio Hotta
  • Intercom
    Patent number: D575764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Nakashima
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D490396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Yamaguchi, Toshio Hotta
  • Portable intercom with a TV monitor
    Patent number: D578993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Masanori Kumazawa
  • Interphone
    Patent number: D491551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Aiphone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Toshio Hotta
  • Parent unit for babyphone
    Patent number: D579912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Simon John Lamason
  • Parent unit for babyphone
    Patent number: D579913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Simon John Lamason
  • Base of a conference unit
    Patent number: D493441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Shure Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary Sabick, Thomas Raiff
  • Base of a conference unit
    Patent number: D494152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Shure Incorporation
    Inventors: Gary Sabick, Thomas Raiff