ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,046, issued on May 20, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Inertial sensor unit and method for detecting a speech activity" was invented by Sergej Scheiermann (Reutlingen, Germany), Omar Elrhoul (Reutlingen, Germany) and Rainer Dorsch (Kirchentellinsfurt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inertial sensor unit, including a sensor element for detecting and converting movements and vibrations into an electrical sensor signal, a signal processing element for evaluating the sensor signal, and an interface for signaling a detected speech activity. The signal processing element includes a first processing stage ...