ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,723, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ASK Industries GmbH (Niederwinkling, Germany).

"Apparatus for outputting an audio signal in a vehicle cabin" was invented by Jurgen Pledl (Donaustauf, Germany) and James Rex (Offenberg/Neuhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for outputting an audio signal in a vehicle cabin comprising: at least one audio outputting device configured to output an audio signal comprising at least one audio signal component containing a human voice, particularly a singer's voice, and/or a musical instrument in a vehicle cabin; at least one audio processing device configured to process at least ...