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

Claim 18:
19. A method of making a microphone-speaker device, comprising:
supporting a speaker and a microphone in a housing, the microphone configured to capture sound and output an audio data signal;, providing an electronic circuit including coupling audio electronics to the speaker, connecting an Ethernet interface to the electronic circuit for communication with a security system through an Ethernet connection, connecting a power extractor for extracting power from the Ethernet connection for powering the electronic circuit and the microphone, and configuring processing electronics to process the audio data signal from the microphone;
wherein configuring comprises configuring the processing electronics to:
divide the audio data signal into discrete segments and store at least one segment at a time in a buffer;
determine whether the audio data signal being stored in the buffer corresponds to a possible triggering event by employing an audio analytics program to analyze the segment of the audio data;
determine whether the possible triggering event corresponds to an alert or an action to be taken, upon determining that the audio data signal being stored in the buffer does correspond to a possible triggering event; and, provide the alert or action upon determining that the possible triggering event corresponds to an alert or an action to be taken.