ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,264, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"System and/or method for loudspeaker auto calibration and loudspeaker configuration layout estimation" was invented by Abdullah Kucuk (Novi, Mich.), Kadagattur Srinidhi (Novi, Mich.) and Kevin J. Bastyr (Franklin, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio system is provided. The audio system includes a plurality of loudspeakers and a mobile device. The plurality of loudspeakers is capable of being positioned in a listening environment and being arranged to transmit an audio signal in the listening environment. Each loudspeaker is progra...