US 12,309,567 B2
Multi-track audio in a security system
Michael A. Arnao, Collegeville, PA (US); Maurice J. Buttimer, Newtown Square, PA (US); and Andrew P. Weir, Malvern, PA (US)
Assigned to The ADT Security Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by The ADT Security Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,914.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,951, filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049433 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04S 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 3/008 (2013.01) [G06F 16/683 (2019.01); H04S 1/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A method implemented in a server, the method comprising:
receiving a first audio track comprising first audio;
receiving a second audio track comprising second audio originating from a remote client;
determining the first audio originates from a premises camera of a monitoring system for monitoring a premises location;
in response to the determination that the first audio track originates from the premises camera of the monitoring system, determining a first predefined pan angle for the first audio track;
determining a second pan angle for the second audio track, the second pan angle being determined based on a quantity of remote clients and the first pan angle, the second pan angle being different from the first predefined pan angle;
generating a recording of a stereo composite track, the stereo composite track comprising the first audio track panned to the first predefined pan angle and the second audio track panned to the second pan angle to isolate the first audio originating from the premises camera of the monitoring system from the second audio originating from the remote client; and
transmitting the recording to the premises camera of the monitoring system and the remote client for playback.