ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,497, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing system that allows user to establish conversation with desired person through avatar even in noisy environment in virtual space, edge device, server, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Tomonori Nakamura (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing system that allows a user to establish a conversation with a desired person through an avatar even in a noisy environment in a virtual space is provided. The information processing system that comprises multiple user terminals, each including a voice input unit ...