US Patent Issued to IDEAL Industries Lighting on Dec. 16 for "Detection and identification of auditory events in distributed lighting networks" (North Carolina, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,530, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC (Racine, Wis.).

"Detection and identification of auditory events in distributed lighting networks" was invented by Duane Henderson (Calendonia, Wis.), Shane Michael O'Donnell (Raleigh, N.C.) and Derek Loyer (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection and identification of auditory events in distributed lighting networks is provided. Lighting fixtures or other devices in a distributed lighting network can incorporate an audio sensor (e.g., a microphone) through which auditory events (e.g., air leaks in compressed air systems, high noise events, shots fir...