US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on April 7 for "Microphone interface, vehicle, connection method, and production method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,518, issued on April 7, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Microphone interface, vehicle, connection method, and production method" was invented by Makoto Takemoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microphone interface of the present disclosure includes: a connection terminal usable as an audio input terminal into which an audio signal is input or as a power supply terminal connected to a power supply; and a ground side terminal provided on a ground side with respect to the connection terminal. When a two-wire microphone is connected to the microphone interface, the connection te...