ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,880, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Wearable interactive audio device" was invented by Benjamin G. Jackson (Belmont, Calif.), Brenton A. Baugh (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), David H. Bloom (San Francisco), Gemma A. Roper (San Francisco), Karlin Y. Bark (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Thomas S. Hulbert (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The earbud may be configured to detect input using various sensors and structures. For example, the earbud may be configured to detect gestures, physical manipulations, and so forth perform...