System and method for locating mobile noise source

• US 10,311,894 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OTOCON Inc.
• Original Assignee: OTOCON Inc.
• Inventors: Yu, Jen-Fang, Sun, Tung-Hung, Chen, Yen-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Con P
• Application Number:
  US15/138,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20160314804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,134 Days
• Field of Search: 381 56, 381 86, 381122, 386224, 725 12, 348239, 340937
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/54 of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/18 the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/21 the extracted parameters being power information
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

In a system for locating a mobile noise source, a sound sensing device catches a sound wave of a mobile noise source within a specified area for a specified time period, and outputs a characteristic information corresponding to the sound wave. An audio comparing device in communication with the sound sensing device compares the characteristic information with a set of standard data, and outputs an activating signal in response to a specific compared result. An image pickup device in communication with the audio comparing device performs an image pickup operation to catch an image of the mobile noise source in response to the activating signal.

Claims

1. A system for locating a mobile noise source, comprising:

a sound sensing device catching a sound wave of a specified mobile noise source within a specified area for a specified time period, and outputting a characteristic information corresponding to the sound wave, wherein the characteristic information includes a spectrogram data of the sound wave;

an audio comparing device in communication with the sound sensing device, comparing the spectrogram data of the sound wave with spectrogram data of a plurality of mobile noise sources contained in a database, and outputting an activating signal if the spectrogram data does not match with any of the spectrogram data in the database; and

an image pickup device in communication with the audio comparing device, performing an image pickup operation to catch an image of the specified mobile noise source in response to the activating signal.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic information further includes a maximum of an amplitude of the sound wave, and the activating signal is automatically issued when the maximal amplitude of the sound wave exceeds a legally accepted level.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the image pickup device is a digital still camera, a video camera or a combination thereof.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a video comparing device in communication with the audio comparing device, comparing an image data of the specified mobile noise source with a default image data for the same type of the specified mobile noise source, and issuing a confirming signal if the compared result indicates that the caught image data mismatches with the default image data.

5. A method for locating a mobile noise source, comprising:

transforming a sound wave received from a specified mobile noise source in a specified area for a specified time period into a characteristic information, wherein the characteristic information includes a spectrogram data of the sound wave;

automatically issuing an activating signal when a compared result of the spectrogram data of the sound wave with spectrogram data of a plurality of mobile noise sources contained in a database, indicates a mismatching status; and

automatically picking up an image of the specified mobile noise source and generating and storing an image data of the specified mobile noise source in response to the activating signal.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising automatically issuing a confirmation signal when a compared result of the image data with a default video data corresponding to the type of the specified mobile noise source confirms the mismatching status.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the characteristic information further includes a maximum of an amplitude of the sound wave, and the activating signal is automatically issued when the maximal amplitude of the sound wave exceeds a legally accepted level.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the image data is a still image, a video film or a combination thereof.