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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul Bao-Luo Chou, Marco O. Gruteser, Jennifer C. Lai, Anthony Levas, Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Danny Chan Yong Wong
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A system (and method) includes a sound monitoring system, a detector for identifying a source of the sound, a computing system for processing the sound to trigger a notification event, and a user interface system for notifying at least one individual responsible for the sound.
A system, comprising:
A system, comprising:
A method, comprising:
A method, comprising:
A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method of noise notification, said method comprising:
A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method of noise notification, said method comprising:
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Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
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Signalling systems
Term ended 25 Sep 2021 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a system and method for noise notification, and more particularly to a system and method for identification of noise sources and subsequent notification to the noise sources.
2. Description of the Related Art
The foregoing and other purposes, aspects and advantages will be better understood from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates a method 200 for noise notification according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIGS. 1-4, there are shown preferred embodiments of the method and structures according to the present invention.
Preferred Embodiment
Turning to FIG. 1, a system 100 is shown for noise notification. Generally, sound (noise) is recorded using a microphone 110 or the like as an input device, and is digitized (e.g., at some predetermined sampling rate and encoding scheme). It is noted that the location and the approximate range of the microphone are known in advance. Thus, the approximate location of the source of the sound (e.g., the noise maker) can be detected based on the known location of the microphone. Further, the identification of the noise maker can be detected since the microphone can be made personal to a user (e.g., placed on the desk of the user).