Patent ID: 9020622
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G08B,G10L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving sound signals via a microphone of a monitor; processing the received sound signals using the monitor, including dividing each second of the received sound signals into a plurality of equal time segments or frames and identifying, for each frame independently of the other frames, whether a predetermined acoustic signature is present in the received sound signals; generating, via the monitor, an information data signal in the form of a plurality of discrete data packets each of which quantifies how closely the received sound signals of a respective one of the frames match a predetermined acoustic signature over a calibrated interval, wherein each of the discrete data packets includes a plurality of descriptive data fields describing the received sound signals; transmitting the information data signal from the monitor to a remote device; receiving the transmitted information data signal via the remote device; selectively generating an alert via the remote device when a calculated rolling average or percentage of the frames match the predetermined acoustic signature over the calibrated interval.