ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,554, issued on June 10, was assigned to BANG & OLUFSEN A/S (Struer, Denmark).

"Method for improving sound quality of sound reproductions or sound recordings in a room" was invented by Lasse Zinck Thomasberg (Viborg, Denmark) and Jakob Dyreby (Struer, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for improving the sound quality of a sound reproduction or recording in a room, the method comprising the steps of measuring an impulse response that comprises the linear response of the room; performing a time domain analysis to determine the resonances of the room and for a chosen group of room resonances determin...