US Patent Issued to Harman International Industries on June 3 for "System and method for virtual sound effect with invisible loudspeaker(s)" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,784, issued on June 3, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"System and method for virtual sound effect with invisible loudspeaker(s)" was invented by Shao-Fu Shih (Stamford, Conn.), James Zheng (Shenzhen, China) and ZhuoChao Zheng (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for providing a virtual sound effect in a listening environment is provided. The apparatus includes at least one controller and an audio playback device. The audio playback device includes the at least one controller that is programmed to receive an audio input signal from an audio inp...