Event detection system and method of use

US10210726B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hyperion Technology Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey Ewald Carter · Saltillo, US
• William Garth Frazier · Oxford, US
• David Ray Harris · Oxford, US
• Chad Williams · Apex, US
• Gerald Wesley Godbold · Tafelbergstraat, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2430/03
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This invention provides a system and method that is used to detect gunfire or explosions in an area with a sound system such as a movie, stage or theater setting, by differentiating the sounds in the presentation from those occurring in the physical location and automatically alerting authorities of the event in the movie or stage theater setting.