ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,238, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Methods and apparatus for detecting singing" was invented by John P. Lesso (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Edward V. Sinnott (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Andrew I. Bothwell (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting singing of a user of a personal audio device, the method comprising: receiving a first audio signal comprising bone-conducted speech of the user from a first transducer of the personal audio device; monitoring a second audio signal output to a speaker of the personal audio device; and determining whether the use...