US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on June 23 for "Audio processing system, audio processing device, and audio processing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,211, issued on June 23, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Audio processing system, audio processing device, and audio processing method" was invented by Yutaka Banba (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomofumi Yamanashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naoya Mochiki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio processing system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a processor. The first microphone collects first audio and outputs a first audio signal. The second microphone collects second audio and outputs a second audio signal. The processor detects presence or absence of failure of the firs...