Patent ID: 9439015
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G10K,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of acoustic devices disposed in concealed locations arrayed throughout a defined space with a ceiling having substantially flat and opposed uppermost and lowermost surfaces such that each of the acoustic devices is above the uppermost surface of the ceiling of the defined space, each one of the plurality of acoustic devices being receptive of acoustic generated in the defined space and having passed through the ceiling to reach the plurality of acoustic devices, and each one of the plurality of acoustic devices being configured to issue signals reflective of the generated acoustic; and an acoustic data unit disposed in signal communication with each of the plurality of acoustic devices; the acoustic data unit being receptive of the signals issued from the plurality of acoustic devices and configured to convert the signals into digital acoustic data and to output the digital acoustic data in a serialized format compatible with a network protocol.