ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,879, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Personalized estimate of a transfer function from an in-ear earbud to sound pressure at an ear drum" was invented by Andri Bezzola (La Canada, Calif.) and Adrian Celestinos Arroyo (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a method comprising obtaining, via a microphone of a hearable device, one or more measurements of a first individual transfer function from a transducer of the hearable device to a first sound pressure at the microphone. At least a portion of the hearable device is within proximity of an ear ...