US Patent Issued to ST Case 1 Tech on March 17 for "Method and device for voice operated control" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,233, issued on March 17, was assigned to ST Case 1 Tech LLC (Delray Beach, Fla.).

"Method and device for voice operated control" was invented by John Usher (Beer, Great Britain), Steven Goldstein (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Marc Boillot (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for processing and voice operated control are provided and mixing ambient and internal signals. The method can include performing a non-difference comparison between a first received sound and a second received sound, determining if speech exists based on the comparison, and transmitting or providing a decision that the speech is prese...