ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,084, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for generating an equal-loudness contour response using an auricular device" was invented by Valery G. Telfort (Irvine, Calif.) and Luke John Campbell (Brunswick, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a storage device, configured to store computer-executable instructions. A system may include an ear-bud configured to be positioned within an ear canal of a user, the ear-bud comprising: a speaker, a microphone; and one or more processors in communication with the storage device, wherein the computer-executable instruction...