US 12,394,285 B2
Localized projection of audible noises in medical settings
Bilal Muhsin, San Clemente, CA (US); and Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US)
Assigned to Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by MASIMO CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/493,492.
Application 18/493,492 is a continuation of application No. 17/818,295, filed on Aug. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,830,349.
Application 17/818,295 is a continuation of application No. 16/533,248, filed on Aug. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,410,507, issued on Aug. 9, 2022.
Application 16/533,248 is a continuation of application No. 15/905,332, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,388,120, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/463,490, filed on Feb. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0135788 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0233496 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 3/10 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G08B 21/0453 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 29/002 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2430/00 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling one or more speakers, the method comprising:
under control of a hardware processor in a housing:
monitoring a level of ambient noise in an environment of a person using a sensor in the housing;
determining a threshold volume for output of an audible alert based at least in part on the monitored level of ambient noise;
monitoring a health status of the person based on at least one physiological sensor configured to measure one or more physiological parameters from a tissue of the person, the physiological sensor connected to the housing and wherein the hardware processor receives and processes physiological information from the physiological sensor to determine the physiological parameters;
determining a first adverse health event based on the monitored health status; and
based at least in part on the determined adverse health event, dynamically controlling output of the one or more speakers in the housing, and wherein said dynamically controlling comprises, for each of the one or more speakers:
determining a first audible alert to output by the one or more speakers based at least in part on the first adverse health event,
identifying a first priority of the first audible alert, and
based at least in part on the first priority of the first health event, causing the one or more speakers to:
reduce a volume of a current output of the one or more speakers, the current output comprising at least a second audible alert, and
output the first audible alert on the one or more speakers at the determined threshold volume.