US Patent Issued to MAKITA on July 8 for "Work machine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,854, issued on July 8, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Work machine" was invented by Hideaki Takano (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes microphones inside the housing. The microphones are configured to collect sound inside the housing, and output sound signals that are electrical signals corresponding to the collected sound. The sound includes an operating noise generated inside the housing due to motion of a machine. The microphones are arranged at different locations inside the housing. The work machine is configured to execute a process related to the operating noise based on the sound s...