ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,473, issued on July 15.
"Audio systems, devices, mems microphones, and methods thereof" was invented by Dean Robert Gary Anderson (Orem, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a MEMS microphone can be coupled to an acoustic horn to provide various benefits and improvements including, but not limited to, at-a-distance acoustic signal reception with improvements in signal-to-noise ratio and directional preference."
The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/238,482.
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