ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,186, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Audio rendering of audio sources" was invented by Werner De Bruijn (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Providing a more natural, physically accurate rendering of the acoustic behavior of a volumetric audio source (e.g., a line-like audio source). In one embodiment, this is achieved by applying a parametric distance-dependent gain function in the rendering process, where the shape of the parametric gain function depends on characteristics of the volumetric audio source."

The patent was filed on March 21, 2024, under Application No. 18/6...