US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on Sept. 15 for "Audio processing apparatus, audio processing method, and recording medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,291, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio processing apparatus includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processor receives an audio signal from a microphone serving to collect sound in a space. The processor determines whether a level of a reference signal is equal to or greater than a threshold. The reference signal is a reproduction signal...