ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,943, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Computer system and output adjusting method used for audio output apparatus" was invented by Po-Jen Tu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ruey-Ching Shyu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Jia-Ren Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Kai-Meng Tzeng (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system and an output adjusting method used for an audio output apparatus are provided. In the method, detecting the output power of the audio output apparatus while outputting the audio signal, counting the accumulated time of the audio output apparatus while the output power is greater t...