ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,569, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Reduction of noise cancellation signals based on sensor input" was invented by Brant Candelore (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor system and storage accessible to the processor system. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor system to present, at a device, audio as well as noise cancellation signals and ambient sound. The instructions are also executable to receive input from one or more sensors and, based on the input, reduce the amplitude of the noise cancellation signals (and even boo...