ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,008, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Audio-based access control" was invented by Daniel Langenberg (Zionsville, Ind.), Joseph W. Baumgarte (Carmel, Ind.), Joshua Long (Greenwood, Ind.), Brady Plummer (Fishers, Ind.), John D. Goodwin (Carmel, Ind.), Dakoda Johnson (Carmel, Ind.), Benjamin J. Hopkins (Zionsville, Ind.), Robert Prostko (Carmel, Ind.) and Robert Martens (Carmel, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal asso...