US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Oct. 20 for "Sound output device with sound outputting based on object approach detection, method and program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,501, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Sound output device with sound outputting based on object approach detection, method and program" was invented by Toshikazu Kanaoka (Yokohama, Japan), Shotaro Nagao (Yokohama, Japan) and Akito Moriwaki (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound output device, a sound output method, and a program with improved functionality and/or usability are provided. The sound output device includes a first outputter, a second outputter, a first detector, and a controller. The first outputter is configured to output sound to one ear of a user. The second outputter ...