ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,697, issued on June 17, was assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings Inc. (Niles, Ill.).

"System and method for automatic setup of audio coverage area" was invented by Dusan Veselinovic (Chicago) and Bijal Joshi (Elk Grove Village, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include an audio system comprising a plurality of microphones disposed in an environment, wherein the plurality of microphones is configured to detect one or more audio sources, and generate location data indicating a location of each of the one or more audio sources relative to the plurality of microphones; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to...