ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,396, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Device with speaker and image sensor" was invented by Brett D. Miller (San Carlos, Calif.), Daniel K. Boothe (San Francisco) and Martin E. Johnson (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one implementation, a method of playing audio data is performed at a device including a frame configured for insertion into an outer ear, a speaker coupled to the frame, an image sensor coupled to the frame, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes capturing, using the image sensor, one or more images of a physical environment. The meth...