US Patent Issued to Google on Jan. 20 for "Earbuds coupled to smart glasses" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,915, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Earbuds coupled to smart glasses" was invented by Kathleen Alexandra Bryan (Mountain View, Calif.) and Shiblee Hasan (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes removably attaching an earbud to a pair of glasses worn by a person. The pair of glasses includes a first speaker configured to deliver sound externally through air or through bone conduction to an ear of the person. The earbud includes a second speaker configured to deliver sound into an ear canal of the person when the earbud is placed in the ear canal. The method further ...