ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,718, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to VIE Inc. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Earphone, information processing device, and information processing method" was invented by Yasuhiko Imamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an earphone in which electroencephalogram electrodes come into close contact more readily when worn. An earphone includes a housing having elasticity on at least one end portion side outer layer, a speaker accommodated inside the housing, and an eartip that is fixed on the end portion side of the housing having the elasticity, and that includes a sound conduit portion through which sound from the s...