ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,369, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HAGA2 S.R.L. (Angri, Italy).

"Communication device for facilitating verbal communication for deaf or hearing impaired people" was invented by Antonio Grassini (Angri, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device comprises a support structure (2, 102, 202) adapted to be worn by a user at eye level, a first synthesizer (3, 103, 203) integral with the support structure (2, 102, 202) and provided with one or more sensors suitable for detecting the lip produced by the user and turn it into the corresponding words, reproduction means (4, 104, 204) suitable for reproducing sound and/or da...