MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202615054879 A) filed by Apple Inc. on April 29, 2026, for Method And System For Measuring And Tracking Ear Characteristics.
Inventors include Kuster, Martin; Saux, Tom-Davy W.; and Murgai, Prateek.
The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.
Abstract: A method performed by a headset that includes a speaker and an in-ear 5 microphone, the method includes performing a calibration on the headset to obtain a baseline measurement; using, while the headset is being worn by a user, an audio signal to drive the speaker that is arranged to project sound into a canal of a user’s ear; capturing as a microphone signal, from the in-ear microphone of the headset, sound from within the canal of the user’s ear; determining a parameter associated 10 with the user’s ear based at least on the captured microphone signal and the baseline measurement; and transmitting a notification related to one or more characteristics of one or more hearing elements of the user’s ear based on the parameter.
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