Security / automation system control panel with acoustic signature detection

US11961377B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP · US

Inventors

• Ross Werner · San Francisco, US
• David Pulling · San Jose, US
• Anand Sastry · Los Altos Hills, US
• David Laone · Milwaukee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/19682
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium comprising monitoring, by a control panel, an ambient noise via one or more microphones in the control panel. The implementations further include determining, by the control panel, whether the ambient noise includes an acoustic signature associated with a security event. In some implementations, the security event may comprise a glass break event. In some implementations, the acoustic signature may comprise a first sound followed by subsequent sounds. The first sound may comprise a thump sound, and the subsequent sounds may comprise crashing sounds.