Disney patents audio system to spot broken equipment by listening to sounds
Disney describes a method that uses machine learning to separate human voices from the sounds of machinery in audio recordings. A second model analyzes the machine sounds to detect unusual patterns that might indicate a problem, then sends an alert to a device.
In the filing’s own words
A computer-implemented technique for detecting audio anomalies includes processing a first frequency representation of a first audio recording using a first trained machine learning model to generate a second frequency representation of at least one voice and a third frequency representation of at least one sound produced by an equipment; detecting, using a second trained machine learning model, an anomaly based on the third frequency representation; and transmitting an alert to at least one computing device based on the anomaly.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting audio anomalies, the method comprising: processing a first frequency representation of a first audio recording using a first trained machine learning model to generate a second frequency representation of at least one voice and a third frequency representation of at least one sound produced by an equipment; detecting, using a second trained machine learning model, an anomaly based on the third frequency representation; and transmitting an alert to at least one computing device based on the anomaly.
Facts
- Company
- Disney (DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- Official title
- TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN AUDIO RECORDINGS FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
- Publication number
- US20260287420A1
- Application number
- 19087363
- Filed
- Mar 21, 2025
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G01H 3/08 Physics & computingG10L 25/18 Physics & computingG10L 25/30 Physics & computingG10L 25/51 Physics & computingMore from Disney in AI & software
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