ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,375, issued on April 8, was assigned to ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS INC. (Rockville, Md.).

"Method, apparatus, and system for voice activity detection based on radio signals" was invented by Muhammed Zahid Ozturk (Beltsville, Md.), Chenshu Wu (Hong Kong), Beibei Wang (Clarksville, Md.), K. J. Ray Liu (Potomac, Md.), Oscar Chi-Lim Au (Greenbelt, Md.) and Min Wu (Clarksville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus and systems for radio-based voice activity detection are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a radio signal through a wireless channel of a venue; a receiv...