Automated passive acoustic monitoring with machine learning

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for monitoring acoustic data, the computer program product comprising code which causes one or more processors to perform operations of:

• accessing an acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor includes an embedded acoustic controller, wherein the acoustic sensor is coupled to one or more hydrophones;
• deploying, in a body of water, the acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor is submerged;
• receiving, by the one or more hydrophones, an underwater audio signal;
• classifying, by the embedded acoustic controller, a predicted source of the underwater audio signal;
• entering a sleep mode, by the acoustic sensor;
• waking, from the sleep mode, the acoustic sensor, wherein the waking is based on an acoustic pressure threshold of the underwater audio signal;
• and
• reporting, to a user by the acoustic sensor, the predicted source of the underwater audio signal, wherein the reporting is accomplished using a communications device.

A computer system for monitoring acoustic data, comprising:

• a memory which stores instructions;
• one or more processors coupled to the memory wherein the one or more processors, when executing the instructions which are stored, are configured to:
• access an acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor includes an embedded acoustic controller, wherein the acoustic sensor is coupled to one or more hydrophones;
• deploy, in a body of water, the acoustic sensor, wherein the acoustic sensor is submerged;
• receive, by the one or more hydrophones, an underwater audio signal;
• classify, by the embedded acoustic controller, a predicted source of the underwater audio signal;
• enter a sleep mode, by the acoustic sensor;
• wake, from the sleep mode, the acoustic sensor, wherein waking is based on an acoustic pressure threshold of the underwater audio signal;
• and
• report, to a user by the acoustic sensor, the predicted source of the underwater audio signal, wherein the reporting is accomplished using a communications device.