US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on June 3 for "Adaptive ANC based on environmental triggers" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,368, issued on June 3, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Adaptive ANC based on environmental triggers" was invented by Andrew Lovitt (Redmond, Wash.), Antonio John Miller (Woodinville, Wash.), Philip Robinson (Seattle) and Scott Phillip Selfon (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed computer-implemented method may include applying, via a sound reproduction system, sound cancellation that reduces an amplitude of various sound signals. The method further includes identifying, among the sound signals, an external sound whose amplitude is to be reduced by the sound cancellation. T...