Patent ID: 11871189
Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A controller for configuring a distributed microphone system comprising a plurality of microphone devices connected via a network, the controller comprising:
a communication module configured to receive first historical audio data from a first microphone device of the plurality of microphone devices, and to receive second historical audio data from a second microphone device of the plurality of microphone devices, and
a processor configured to analyze the first historical audio data to identify different types of audio in the first historical audio data, analyze second historical audio data to identify different types of audio in the second historical audio data, compare the first historical audio data to the second historical audio data to identify differences between the first historical audio data and the second historical audio data, assign a priority level to the first and/or second microphone device based on the differences between the first historical audio data and the second historical audio data, determine locations of the first and second microphone devices based on the first and second historical audio data, respectively, and adjust the priority level to the first and/or second microphone device further based on the respective locations of the first and second microphone devices, wherein the priority level is indicative of a priority rule for analyzing future audio data recorded by the first and/or second microphone device, respectively, and/or wherein the priority level is indicative of a communication rule for communicating future audio data from the first and/or second microphone device, respectively, via the network.