A system for noise detection. Aspects of the system include a detection unit for detecting and responding to a predetermined noise such as a gunshot. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the unit may be utilized both within a confined space, such as a room in a building, or inside a machine, a
A system for noise detection. Aspects of the system include a detection unit for detecting and responding to a predetermined noise such as a gunshot. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the unit may be utilized both within a confined space, such as a room in a building, or inside a machine, and in large environments such as outdoors. The detection unit may comprise a digital computing device, a digital-to-analog converter, a speaker acoustic output, a microphone acoustic input, an analog-to-digital converter, and a transmitter.
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1. A system for detecting and responding to at least one noise, the system comprising: a detection unit comprising: a digital computing device, a mapping signal emitter and a mapping signal receiver, means to acquire an analog sound signal and an analog-to-digital converter;the mapping signal emitte
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A system for detecting and responding to at least one noise, the system comprising: a detection unit comprising: a digital computing device, a mapping signal emitter and a mapping signal receiver, means to acquire an analog sound signal and an analog-to-digital converter;the mapping signal emitter configured to transmit an outbound analog signal into the environment in which the detection unit is located to produce a reflection of the outbound signal from the environment;the mapping signal receiver configured to receive an inbound analog signal which is the outbound signal from mapping emitter and its reflections from the environment;the means to acquire an analog sound signal configured to receive an inbound acoustic signal which includes ambient sound, specific noises and their reflection from the environment;the means to acquire an analog sound signal configured to receive an inbound acoustic signal and to provide an inbound analog signal, the inbound acoustic signal including the reflection of the outbound acoustic signal;the analog-to-digital converter coupled between the means to acquire an analog sound signal and the digital computing device;the analog-to-digital converter configured to receive an inbound analog signal from the means to acquire an analog sound signal, convert the inbound analog signal to an inbound digital signal, and transmit the inbound digital signal to the digital computing device responsive thereto;the inbound acoustic signal comprising at least one of a reflection of the outbound acoustic signal and a predetermined specific noise;the digital computing device configured to perform an analysis on the inbound digital signal, the analysis to determine at least one of: if the inbound digital signal is consistent with the inbound acoustic signal being the specific noise, and an acoustic mapping of the environment in which the system detection unit is located, the digital computing device additionally configured to generate a first signal if the analysis determines that the inbound digital signal is consistent with the inbound acoustic signal being the specific noise, and to record the acoustic mapping of the environment in which the system is located. 2. The system of claim 1, the specific noise being a preprogrammed noise, such as a gunshot. 3. The system of claim 1, the detection unit further comprising a power supply for providing electricity to components of the detection unit. 4. The system of claim 1, the system comprising a plurality of the detection units, the plurality of the detection units being networked. 5. The system of claim 1, the system being incorporated into a fire/smoke detector. 6. The system of claim 1, the outbound acoustic signal comprising an ultrasonic frequency for acoustically mapping the environment in which the system is located. 7. The system of claim 1 comprising a transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit a second signal via a computer communications network to a host computer system responsive to receiving the first signal from the digital computing device. 8. The system of claim 1 comprising a digital-to-analog converter, the digital-to-analog converter configured to receive an outbound digital signal from the digital computing device, convert the outbound digital signal to an outbound analog signal, and transmit an outbound analog signal to the mapping signal emitter. 9. The system of claim 1 wherein the and mapping signal receiver is a transmitter(s) and receiver(s) pair capable of emitting and receiving ultrasound, microwave or laser signals. 10. A method for detecting and responding to at least one noise, the method comprising the steps of: mapping an environment, the step of mapping the environment comprising: generating an outbound acoustic signal, generating reflected acoustic signals, the reflected acoustic signals being the reflections of the outbound acoustic signal after it has reflected off of portions of the ambient environment;receiving the reflected acoustic signals;generating an acoustic map of the ambient environment based on analysis of the reflected acoustic signals; andstoring the acoustic map of the ambient environment,receiving an inbound acoustic signal, the inbound acoustic signal including the reflected acoustic signals; determining if the inbound acoustic signal is a specific noise, the determining comprising: analyzing the inbound acoustic signal against known specific noise signals; and analyzing the inbound acoustic signal against the acoustic map of the ambient environment, andgenerating a signal responsive to a positive determination that the inbound acoustic signal consistent with the specific noise. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of analyzing the inbound acoustic signal against a specific algorithm generated using recorded noise signals. 12. The method of claim 10, the determining further comprising iterating the mapping step to update the acoustic map of the ambient environment. 13. The method of claim 12, the iterating occurring at a predetermined regular interval. 14. The method of claim 12, the iterating occurring responsive to a user input. 15. The method of claim 10, the transmitting step comprising transmitting the notification signal to a remote device via a computer communication network. 16. The method of claim 10, the notification signal comprising information on an origin location of the inbound acoustic signal. 17. The method of claim 10 comprising automatically generating reflected acoustic signals, receiving the reflected acoustic signals and generating an acoustic map of the ambient environment based on analysis of the reflected acoustic signals at predetermined times periods. 18. The method of claim 10 wherein the generation of reflected acoustic signals, receiving the reflected acoustic signals and generating an acoustic map of the ambient environment based on analysis of the reflected acoustic signals is accomplished either before of following receipt of an inbound acoustic signal. 19. The method of claim 10 comprising transmitting a notification signal responsive to a positive determination that the inbound acoustic signal is consistent with the specific noise. 20. The method of claim 10 wherein the acoustic map of the ambient environment is stored on computer readable media.
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