Patent ID: 11869534
Assignee: LOUROE ELECTRONICS
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A microphone-speaker device, comprising:
a speaker;
a microphone configured to capture sound and output an audio data signal;
a housing configured to contain the microphone and the speaker; and
an electronic circuit including audio electronics coupled to the speaker, an Ethernet interface configured to connect the electronic circuit for communication with a security system through an Ethernet connection, a power extractor for extracting power from the Ethernet connection for powering the electronic circuit and the microphone, and processing electronics configured to process the audio data signal from the microphone;
wherein the processing electronics is configured to monitor multiple different frequency ranges of the audio data signal for a signal characteristic crossing at least one threshold associated with one or more of the different frequency ranges.