US 12,329,505 B2
Utilization of infant activated audio player
Nathalie Linda Maitre, Columbus, OH (US); and Olena D. Chorna, Tallahassee, FL (US)
Assigned to The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,739.
Application 18/381,739 is a continuation of application No. 16/753,999, granted, now 11,806,122, previously published as PCT/US2018/055017, filed on Oct. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/569,088, filed on Oct. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041344 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61J 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); A63F 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/038 (2013.01) [A61J 17/001 (2015.05); A61J 17/1011 (2020.05); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01); A63F 3/0402 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method of utilizing a motor device to activate an audio device, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an motor device comprising a sensor and a depressible portion producing an output signal when said depressible portion is compressed yielding a first measured pressure over an age appropriate predetermined threshold applied to the depressible portion; and
responsive to said output signal, playing an age appropriate audio recording for a predetermined duration on an audio device, further comprising lowering the age appropriate predetermined threshold to a lowered threshold proportionally to a difference between the first measured pressure application to the depressible portion and the age appropriate predetermined threshold.