ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,127, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sennheiser electronic SE & Co. KG (Wedemark, Germany).
"Microphone array system" was invented by J. Douglas Rollow IV (San Francisco), Lance Reichert (San Francisco) and Daniel Voss (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microphone array system or microphone array unit for a conference system is provided that includes a front board, side walls and a plurality of microphone capsules arranged in or on the front board mountable on or in a ceiling of a conference room. The microphone array system or unit is adapted for generating a steerable beam within a maximum detection angle range....