ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,980, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Methods and apparatus for headset diagnostics" was invented by Thomas I. Harvey (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and John P. Lesso (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for diagnosing a condition of a first headset enclosed in a headset enclosure. The method comprises playing a first audio stimulus through a first speaker of the headset; detecting a first response signal derived by a first transducer; and determining a condition of the first speaker and/or first transducer based on the first response signal."
The patent was filed on Oct...