ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,075, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Voice masking method, apparatus, and system, and vehicle" was invented by Teng Xiang (Shanghai), Sheng Wu (Shanghai), Guoli Ping (Dongguan, China), Liming Shi (Shenzhen, China) and Pinxi Mo (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice masking method, apparatus, and system are provided, which are applicable to the field of intelligent vehicles. The method includes: determining a voice source location and a target masking location; receiving a sound signal from the voice source location, and detecting whether a voice signal exists ...