ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,041, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS (Rueil Malmaison, France).
"Control by sliding virtual buttons" was invented by Gabriel Bouvigne (Rueil Malmaison, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Audio playback equipment includes microphones, a loudspeaker, emitter means arranged to emit a sound detection signal, and at least one processor component arranged: to acquire detection audio signals produced by the microphones as a result of picking up the detection sound signal; from the audio detection signals, to detect a run of maskings in which at least two distinct microphones are masked in succession; to analyze a...