ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,052, issued on June 17, was assigned to Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. (White Plains, N.Y.).

"Wireless device with enhanced awareness" was invented by Richard Kulavik (San Jose, Calif.) and Shobha Devi Kuruba Buchannagari (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for gaming headset with enhanced off-screen awareness. An audio system that is used for outputting audio signals to a user may be configured for identifying in audio signals, based on parameters or criteria associated with a user of the system, one or more components in the audio signals; determining characteristics of the one or more compo...