ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,911, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Fairy Devices Inc. (Tokyo) and DAIKIN INDUSTRIES Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Audio input device" was invented by Masato Fujino (Tokyo) and Yuichiro Takezaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide an audio-input device with which it is possible to properly acquire also the audio of a conversation held between a wearer of said device and two other conversation participants.[Solution] This audio-input device 100 is provided with: a first arm 10 and a second arm 20 which can be arranged at positions such that a target sound source is interposed therebetween; and a plurality of sound col...