ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,201, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SARL XPLORER (Castanet-Tolosan, France).
"Audio rendering of an electromagnetic metal detection signal" was invented by Jean-Louis Vern (Perols, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes compressing the dynamic range of the target detection signal so as to correspond to the desired dynamic range (60) of the audio signal (81) that is generated in order to acoustically render this detection signal to the user, so that the quietest signals are audible, the loudest signals do not cause hearing damage for the user, and that the sound volume is able to be perceived gradually for the inter...