ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,116, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CELLULAR SOUTH INC. (Ridgeland, Miss.).

"Embedded audio sensor system and methods" was invented by Brett Rogers (Brandon, Miss.), Tommy Naugle (Terry, Miss.), Stephen Bye (Atlanta), Craig Sparks (Madison, Miss.) and Arman Kirakosyan (Brandon, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embedded sensor can include an audio detector, a digital signal processor, a library, and a rules engine. The digital signal processor can be configured to receive signals from the audio detector and to identify the environment in which the embedded sensor is located. The library can store statistical models associat...