ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,865, issued on July 29, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Sound reproduction/simulation system and method for simulating a sound reproduction" was invented by Andreas Walther (Erlangen, Germany), Harald Fuchs (Erlangen, Germany) and Marc Gayer (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound reproduction/simulation system includes at least sound reproduction device driven by one or more audio signals and a processor for processing an input audio stream to generate the one or more audio signals. The processor performs processing based on processing parameters defin...