ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,258, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS (Rueil Malmaison, France).
"Automatic-diagnostic of electrical equipment by sound footprint" was invented by Gabriel Bouvigne (Rueil Malmaison, France) and Loig Atzel (Rueil Malmaison, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic method of electrical equipment which includes a processing unit, an internal microphone, and electrical components other than microphones or speakers, the diagnostic method including the steps of acquiring a received audio signal produced from an ambient sound signal, by the at least one internal microphone or by the at least one external...