ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,485, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).
"Responsive noise cancelation override" was invented by Brant Candelore (Poway, Calif.) and Mahyar Nejat (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A noise cancelation override system is provided to enables a listener to consume audio content using noise cancelation technology without concern that the listener will miss external noises that require attention. The override system identifies external noise in the environment of the listener that is in need of the attention of the listener and overrides an activated noise canceling mode of a personal listening devic...