ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,570, issued on June 10, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).
"Boundary distance system and method" 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 that includes a loudspeaker, at least one microphone, and at least one controller. The loudspeaker transmits an audio signal into a listening environment defined by at least one wall in a room. The at least one microphone is positioned on the loudspeaker and is configured to capture a reverberated audio signal including a plurali...