ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,251, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Personalized sound virtualization" was invented by Eric Freeman (Sutton, Mass.) and John Rule (Berlin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for personalized sound virtualization is provided. The method includes measuring environmental sound using a first microphone of a wearable audio device. The first microphone is in or proximate to a right ear of a user. The method further includes measuring the environmental sound using a second microphone of the wearable audio device. The second microphone is in or proximate to a left ear of the user. The method fu...