ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,262, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WHOBORN INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for generating sound for mixed reality environments" was invented by Young Sik Bae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method for generating a sound, and devices for performing same. The method for generating a sound, according to one embodiment, includes the acquiring a real sound generated in a real space, and a play sound generated in a virtual space, and generating, by combining the real sound and the play sound, a combined sound generated in a mixed reality in which the real space and the virtual space ar...