Method and system for sound monitoring over a network
A mobile communication environment ( 100 ) can include a mobile device ( 160 ) to measure and send sound pressure level data. The mobile device ( 160 ) can initiate the collection of audio information responsive to detecting a trigger event. Mobile device ( 160 ) can measure or calculate the sound pressure level from the audio information. Metadata including time information and geographic location information can be captured with the collected audio information. Mobile device ( 160 ) can send the sound pressure level data and metadata through a wired or wireless communication path to a database ( 614 ).
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a graphical user interface, a first user input to display a geographic region;
displaying a representation of the geographic region on a graphic user interface (GUI);
receiving, from the graphical user interface, a second user input requesting to display previously measured sound pressure level values (SPL values) associated with acoustic signals measured in the air by a microphone and associated with the geographic region on the representation of the geographic region;
retrieving the SPL values associated with a time t 1 from a memory, associated with the geographic region; and
displaying the SPL values onto the representation of the geographic region displayed on the GUI.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SPL values are displayed in color.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein each color is associated with a range of SPL values.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SPL values are displayed as a contour map on top of the representation of the geographic region.
5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a third user input, wherein the third user input identifies a location in the geographic region.
6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
retrieving a previously recorded audio clip from memory associated with the identified location.
7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving a fourth user input, wherein the fourth user input indicates a request to play the audio clip.
8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
sending the audio clip to a speaker.
9. The method claim 5 , further comprising:
selecting SPL values from the retrieved SPL values that falls within a threshold of the location.