ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,402, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Audio device having aware mode auto-leveler" was invented by Daniel M. Gauger Jr. (Cambridge, Mass.), Mark Raymond Blewett (Framingham, Mass.) and Christopher B. Ickler (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include systems for providing enhanced aware mode capabilities in an ANR audio device. In particular implementations, a method includes receiving an ambient noise signal from a microphone associated with a wearable audio device; determining a gain value based on a sound pressure level (SPL) of the ambient noise signal; generat...