Patent ID: 11902656
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a video camera configured for a plurality of video capture rates;
an audio sensor, wherein:
the audio sensor is configured to collect audio data from an audio field; and
the audio field is at least partially outside a field of view of the video camera; and

a controller configured to:
receive audio data from the audio sensor;
determine, from the audio data, an audio event;
select, responsive to the audio event, a first video capture rate from the plurality of video capture rates;
modify, responsive to the audio event, a video capture operation of the video camera using the first video capture rate during a first operating period; and
capture, using the video camera, video data based on the modified video capture operation.