ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,577, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NEXTSENSE INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Multi-body earpiece" was invented by Nicholas Robertson (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology provides a multi-body earpiece suitable for use as an in-ear sensor system, which can be used for biometrics or a human-computer interface. The multi-body earpiece includes two body elements connected together by a flexure. These components provide at least 3 points of contact along different parts of the outer ear, in which the flexure is tethered to the two bodies and arranged to lock them in place during wear. In addition to h...