Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Home automation sound detection and positioning
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Application No.: US14671299Application Date: 2015-03-27
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Publication No.: US09729989B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Neil Marten
- Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04R29/00
- IPC: H04R29/00 ; G08B13/16 ; G08B19/00

Abstract:
Systems, methods, devices, non-transitory computer-readable mediums, and apparatuses are presented for detecting and positioning sound in a home automation system. Indications of sounds and timestamps may be received from various home automation devices. Using the received indications, a sound magnitude for the sound and whether the sound originated inside or outside of the structure can be determined. The sound magnitude may be compared to an inside sound threshold level if the sound was determined to originate inside the structure or compared to an outside sound threshold level if the sound was determined to originate outside the structure. Sound information corresponding to the sound may be logged if the sound was determined to originate inside and the sound magnitude exceeds the inside sound threshold level or the sound was determined to originate outside and the sound magnitude exceeds the outside sound threshold level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160286327A1 Home Automation Sound Detection and Positioning Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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