ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,761, issued on May 6, was assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Voice input apparatus, voice input system, and input voice processing method" was invented by Takayuki Uchida (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice input apparatus includes first to third microphones and a controller. The first microphone collects a voice at a first position outside an ear canal of a speaker, and outputs a first input voice signal. The second microphone collects a voice at a second position outside the ear canal of the speaker and closer to a mouth of the speaker than the first position, and outputs a second input voice signa...