ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,579, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. (White Plains, N.Y.).
"Method and system for a headset with integrated environmental sensors" was invented by Richard Kulavik (San Jose, Calif.) and Michael Jessup (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, vi...