ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,733, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bang & Olufsen A/S (Struer, Denmark).
"Ambient sound level control" was invented by Philipp Merz (Graz, Austria) and Knud-Erik Lauridsen (Herning, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable audio device can include at least one speaker to provide an initial audio output signal; at least one sensor arranged to: sense at least one characteristic of the initial audio output signal, sense noise external to the wearable audio device, and provide at least one sensor signal related to at least one characteristic of the sensed initial audio output signal and at least one characteristic of the sens...