ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,893, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Performance Media Industries Ltd. (Novato, Calif.).

"Loudspeaker system for reflection-based imaging" was invented by Anthony Grimani (Novato, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-acoustic system including at least one directional transducer unit configured to generate a controlled sound radiation beam aimed at a reflection surface to bounce the sound off said reflection surface at a specular bounce point and thus create for a listener the perception that the sound originates from a sound impression area of said reflection surface."

The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2023, under Appl...