ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,165, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).

"Method and device for controlling acoustic feedback during a physical exercise" was invented by Thomas Fritz (Karlsruhe, Germany), Eric Busch (Leipzig, Germany), Silvio Borchardt (Leipzig, Germany) and Dirk Gummel (Leipzig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for providing acoustic feedback are disclosed. Several audio clips have a synchronized beat. A sensor signal received from a sensor has a sensor signal range divided by first and second thresholds into at least three sensor signal sub-ranges. An audio ...