ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,993, issued on July 22, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Apple dual concentric spherical microphone array" was invented by Abhaya Parthy (Redwood City, Calif.), Dipanjan Sen (Dublin), Bonnie W. Tom (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Jonathan D. Sheaffer (San Jose, Calif.), Justin D. Crosby (Cupertino, Calif.), Symeon Delikaris Manias (Playa Vista, Calif.) and Emily A. Wigley (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-radius spherical microphone that includes an inner body defining an inner sphere having an inner radius from a center; a plurality of inner microphones coupled to the inner spherical body and defining an...