US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Nov. 4 for "Smart headphone system and method" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,276, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Smart headphone system and method" was invented by Xiaoran Fan (New Brunswick, N.J.) and Richard Howard (New Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and apparatus providing a sensing platform wherein one or more headphone drivers are used as a versatile sensor to receive excitation signals therefrom indicative of direct or indirect pressures associated with the ear canal acoustically cooperating with the diaphragms operatively coupled to the drivers."...