Intelligent data collection and transmission based on remote motion sensing
Remote monitoring of an area with a remote sensing device ( 100, 200, 300 ) encased in a rubber ball ( 302 ) is provided. A remote sensing device ( 100, 200, 300 ) is provided which receives a spoken description of a location of the remote sensing device and stores the spoken description as predetermined location information. The description can be received directly prior to deployment or wirelessly transmitted from another device ( 400 ). The remote sensing device can sense information related to its environment via a motion sensor ( 314 ), such as whether an intruder is located within a vicinity of the remote sensing device ( 100, 200, 300 ). The remote sensing device ( 100, 200, 300 ) can then transmit the predetermined location information and the environment information to the another device ( 400 ) in response to the sensing. In response to receipt, the other device ( 400 ) can render the predetermined location information and the environment information in an audible format.
1. A sensing device, comprising:
an acoustic sensor array;
a processor; and
a memory that stores location information identifying a location of the sensing device and stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving location information identifying a location prior to positioning of the sensing device at the location;
detecting, using the acoustic sensor array, noise at the location after the positioning of the sensing device at the location;
determining, using acoustic scene analysis, a context of the sensing device based on the noise, wherein the context comprises a quantity of objects associated with the noise within the environment; and
transmitting the location information and context information identifying the context of the sensing device to a remote device based on sensing of the noise via the acoustic sensor array.
2. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the location information and context information to the remote device occurs in response to the context being determined.
3. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic sensor array comprises at least two microphones positioned in disparate locations within the sensing device.
4. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
initiating a telephone call to the remote device, the telephone call comprising the location information and context information identifying the context of the sensing device.
5. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the context is determined to comprise an indication of an intruder, and wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting information indicative of the intruder to the remote device.
6. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the location information is received from a device external to the sensing device.
7. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic sensor array comprises an acoustic vector sensor array.
8. The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the context information further comprises identification information representative of an identifier associated with the sensing device.
9. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a sensing device comprising a processor and an acoustic sensor array, location information identifying a location prior to positioning of the sensing device at the location;
detecting, by the sensing device using the acoustic sensor array, noise information at the location after the positioning of the sensing device at the location;
determining, by the sensing device using acoustic scene analysis, context information representative of a context of the sensing device, wherein the context information comprises object information representative of at least a number of objects creating the noise located within the environment, and
transmitting, by the sensing device, location information representative of a location of the sensing device and the context information to indicate the context of the sensing device to a remote device.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
recording, by the sensing device, the noise information.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the sensing device, the noise information to an external storage device.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the location of the sensing device is a first location, and further comprising:
determining, by the sensing device, a second location of the object.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining the second location comprises determining the second location with a triangulation scheme, and wherein the triangulation scheme uses the noise information and other device information received from a second sensing device and from a third sensing device.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting of the location information comprises initiating a telephone call to the remote device, the telephone call comprising the location and context of the sensing device.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the location information is received from a device external to the sensing device.
16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the sensing device to the remote device, identification information representative of an identifier associated with the sensing device.
17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving location information identifying a location prior to positioning of a sensing device at the location;
analyzing scene information representing a scene to determine a context of the sensing device based on noise information obtained that is representative of a noise sensed by an acoustic sensor at the location after the positioning of the sensing device at the location, wherein the context comprises a quantity of objects associated with the noise information; and
transmitting location information indicating a location of the sensing device and context information indicating the context of the sensing device to a remote device.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , further comprising:
digitizing, by employing an analog to digital converter of the sensing device, a signal associated with the noise.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the context is determined to comprise an intruder context indicative that an intruder is threshold likely to be present, and wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting information representative of the intruder context to the remote device.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the acoustic sensor comprises at least two microphones positioned in distinct locations within the sensing device.