ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,916, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EERS Global Technologies Inc. (Montreal).

"User voice detector device and method using in-ear microphone signal of occluded ear" was invented by Hami Monsarrat-Chanon (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for detecting voice of a user of an intra-aural device. The intra-aural device has an in-ear microphone adapted to be in fluid communication with an outer-ear ear canal of the user occluded from an environment outside the ear. A signal provided by the in-ear microphone is obtained to determine an acquired voice indicator signal, and a voice produced by the user i...