US Patent Issued to Waves Audio on May 12 for "Simultaneous dual use of an acoustic device as a loudspeaker and microphone" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,933, issued on May 12, was assigned to Waves Audio Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Simultaneous dual use of an acoustic device as a loudspeaker and microphone" was invented by Gabriel Zeltzer (Lapid, Israel) and Meir Shaashua (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Operating an electrostatic acoustic device simultaneously as a speaker and as a microphone. The electrostatic acoustic device includes a membrane and an electrode disposed proximate to the membrane. An input varying audio signal is input to the electrostatic acoustic device. The membrane is configured to respond mechanically to a varying electric field responsive to the ...