ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,631, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Configurable audio and video sectors" was invented by Ajit Belsarkar (Lancaster, Pa.) and Jacob A. Gallucci (Mechanicsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for configuring audio and video sectors of a camera. An audio analytics system includes a first computer configured to receive information from a camera and a microphone. The first computer includes an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives data including an image of a location and an audio of the location and generates a view of the location. The electronic p...