US Patent Issued to ST FamTech on May 12 for "Method and device for acute sound detection and reproduction" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,683, issued on May 12, was assigned to ST FamTech LLC (Delray Beach, Fla.).

"Method and device for acute sound detection and reproduction" was invented by Steven Wayne Goldstein (Delray Beach, Fla.), John Usher (Beer, Great Britain) and Marc Andre Boillot (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Earpieces and methods for acute sound detection and reproduction are provided. A method can include measuring an external ambient sound level (xASL), monitoring a change in the xASL for detecting an acute sound, estimating a proximity of the acute sound, and upon detecting the acute sound and its proximity, reproducing the acute sound ...