ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,434, issued on March 3, was assigned to GN AUDIO A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Audio system, audio device, and method for speaker extraction" was invented by Rasmus Kongsgaard Olsson (Ballerup, Denmark) and Clement Laroche (Ballerup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for speech extraction in an audio device is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a microphone input signal from one or more microphones including a first microphone. The method comprises applying an extraction model to the microphone input signal for provision of an output. The method comprises extracting a near speaker component in the microphone input si...