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Response to anomalous acoustic environments

  • US 20070183604A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2006
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of monitoring an environment, the method comprising:

  • receiving acoustic data collected from a plurality of microphones distributed within the environment;

    identifying sound sources from the received acoustic data as generative of sound detected by the microphones;

    characterizing an acoustic scene of the environment by application of acoustic-scene characterization rules to the received acoustic data;

    identifying the acoustic scene of the environment as anomalous according to parameter values deviant from a set of parameter values defining nonanomalous acoustic scenes; and

    initiating a remedial response to the environment in response to identifying the acoustic scene of the environment as anomalous.

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