ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,696, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to BRAGI GMBH (Munich).
"Gaming with earpiece 3D audio" was invented by Maximilian Ilse (Munich) and Peter Vincent Boesen (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing an enhanced gaming experience includes steps of sensing environmental audio with at least one microphone of an earpiece, combining a game sound with the environmental audio to provide a composite audio signal, and transducing the composite audio signal at the earpiece. The game sound may be positioned within a three-dimensional audio environment. The composite audio signal may be transduced to provide a three-dimensio...