ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,674, issued on June 17, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Panel audio temperature monitoring" was invented by James Marchant (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel audio loudspeaker includes a panel and an actuator attached to a surface of the panel and configured to cause vibration of the panel. The actuator comprises a magnetic coil in thermal communication with the panel. The panel audio loudspeaker further comprises a plurality of electrical sensors electrically coupled to the magnetic coil and configured to output time-varying electrical data for the magnetic coil, and an electronic control ...