ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,432, issued on March 3, was assigned to Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Voice signal estimation method and apparatus using attention mechanism" was invented by Joon Hyuk Chang (Seoul, South Korea) and Song Kyu Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice signal estimation apparatus includes: a microphone encoder that receives a microphone input signal including an echo signal and a user's voice signal, converts it into first input information, and outputs the information; a far-end signal encoder that receives a far-end signal, converts it into second input infor...