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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ehren J. Brav, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An audio surveillance system includes a plurality of nodes and each node includes a microphone, a speaker, and a control unit. The microphone is configured to detect sound and the speaker is configured to provide sound. The control unit is configured to receive a plurality of inputs from the plurality of nodes and the plurality of inputs are based on a detected sound; determine a location of the source of the detected sound based on the plurality of inputs; classify the detected sound according to predefined alert conditions and based on the location of the source of the detected sound; provide an alert to a monitoring device regarding the detected sound based on the classification of the detected sound; and control at least one node from the plurality of nodes to provide an audio response to the detected sound.