ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,158, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to H.M. Electronics Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for detection status of intercom termination" was invented by Victor Lerner (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Charles Butten (Richmond, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting detect termination status in an audio communication system, wherein termination status indicates whether exactly one termination circuit is part of the audio communication system, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: accept an input voltage, by a voltage-controlled current source that includes and drives a resistive load; generate...