ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,158, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Primax Electronics Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Abnormal sound detection device and abnormal sound detection method" was invented by Yung-Tai Pan (Taipei, Taiwan) and Ting-Yuan Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abnormal sound detection device for detecting a peripheral interface device includes a vibration simulation mechanism, a movable-type audio collecting device and a controlling and analyzing device. The vibration simulation mechanism includes a mechanism body. The peripheral interface device is accommodated within the mechanism body. The vibration simulation mechanism gen...