ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,292, issued on May 27, was assigned to eBay Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Intelligent audio output devices" was invented by Jigish Mehta (Union City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio output device may include one or more audio sensors configured to detect ambient sound and noises around the audio output device. The audio output device may include a controller configured to analyze the detected sound and noises and may adjust audio settings of the audio output device accordingly. In an embodiment, the controller may analyze and recognize that the detected noise is another person's attempt to get the user's attention or to ta...