US Patent Issued to Apple on July 14 for "Home sound localization and identification" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,290, issued on July 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Home sound localization and identification" was invented by Paul G. Puskarich (London) and Fiona P. O'Leary (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sound localization can include a first electronic device having a microphone to detect a sound, and a second electronic device. A processor can be in communication with the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The processor can receive a first signal from the first electronic device corresponding to the detected sound, determine a location of origin of the detected soun...