US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Audio arbitration for audio devices" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,153, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Audio arbitration for audio devices" was invented by Brendan Francis Diamond (Naples, Fla.), Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Anthony Maraldo (Southgate, Mich.) and Andrew Brown (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer may, based on a user position of a first user, control audio output provided to a second user via a second user audio device."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2024, under Application No. 18/813,632.

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