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

Claim 19:
20. A storage system, comprising:
a video camera;
an audio sensor, wherein:
the audio sensor is configured to collect audio data from an audio field;
the audio field is at least partially outside a field of view of the video camera; and
the audio sensor comprises at least one directional microphone configured with a direction and an audio range to detect sound sources outside the field of view of the video camera;

a processor;
a memory;
means for collecting, by the audio sensor, audio data from the audio field;
means for determining, from the audio data, an audio event based on determining a direction of movement of a sound source that intercepts the field of view of the video camera;
means for modifying, responsive to the audio event, a video capture operation of the video camera; and
means for capturing, using the video camera, video data based on the modified video capture operation.