US 12,256,850 B2
Infant calming/sleep-aid device
Harvey Neil Karp, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ted Larson, Los Angeles, CA (US); Robert Garbanati, Los Angeles, CA (US); Saryan Mikayel, Los Angeles, CA (US); Peter Fornell, Los Angeles, CA (US); Roy Kosuge, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Joe Kopp, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to HB Innovations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by HB Innovations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/367,914.
Application 17/367,914 is a continuation of application No. 16/342,050, granted, now 11,052,221, previously published as PCT/US2017/057055, filed on Oct. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/409,307, filed on Oct. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338972 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A47D 13/06 (2006.01); A47D 9/02 (2006.01); A47D 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 21/02 (2006.01); G01H 17/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47D 13/063 (2013.01) [A47D 9/057 (2022.08); A47D 15/008 (2013.01); A61M 21/02 (2013.01); G01H 17/00 (2013.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); A61M 2021/0022 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2240/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a movable platform configured to support an infant inside the device;
a sound output device configured to provide a sound for soothing the infant;
a sensor system comprising a plurality of microphones disposed proximate to the movable platform operable to detect a noise, wherein the sensor system is configured to generate measurement data for the noise detected; and
a control system communicatively connected to the sensor system, the control system being configured to receive the measurement data generated by the sensor system and to determine, based at least on a location of the noise detected as determined by applying a directional filter to the measurement data, whether the noise detected originates from inside or outside the device;
wherein, if the noise detected is determined to originate from inside the device, the control system is further configured to apply a frequency filter to the measurement data to determine whether the noise detected comprises an infant cry;
wherein, if the noise detected is determined to comprise the infant cry, the control system is further configured to apply a threshold filter to the measurement data to determine a state of infant cry; and
wherein the control system is further configured to provide, based on the state of infant cry, a control signal to operate at least one of the movable platform or the sound output device to soothe the infant.