ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,966, issued on March 17, was assigned to MAGIC LEAP INC. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Active noise cancellation for wearable head device" was invented by Jean-Marc Jot (Aptos, Calif.) and Colby Nelson Leider (Coral Gables, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for reducing audio effects of fan noise, specifically, for a wearable system. A method wherein operating a fan of a wearable head device; detecting, with a microphone of the wearable head device, noise generated by the fan; generating a fan reference signal, wherein the fan reference signal represents at least one of a speed of the...