ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,849, issued on July 29, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"Audio generation in a media playback system" was invented by Mike Chamness (Gloucester, Mass.), Aurelio Rafael Ramos (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), Timothy Sheen (Brighton, Mass.) and Hilmar Lehnert (Framington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example techniques relate to audio generation in a media playback system. Based on one or more first functions and first characteristics of an area, the system may generate first audio that includes a first audio signal and a second audio signal. The system provides the first audio signal to at least one first audio driv...