ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,023, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Method for determining a sound field" was invented by Andreas Walther (Erlangen, Germany), Albert Prinn (Erlangen, Germany), Emanuel Habets (Erlangen, Germany) and Youssef El Baba (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for determining a sound field in an enclosed space or at a target position within the enclosed space, the method has the following steps: performing an acoustic measurement at at least one measurement position within the enclosed space or at a single one measurement position within t...