US Patent Issued to The Epstein Hear Us Now Foundation on Nov. 11 for "Hearing-assist systems and methods for audio quality enhancements in performance venues" (Colorado, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,869, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Epstein Hear Us Now Foundation (Dallas).

"Hearing-assist systems and methods for audio quality enhancements in performance venues" was invented by Barry Epstein (Dallas) and Christopher Ryan Knox (Erie, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To enable a patron of a venue attending a performance to feel as if he or she is 'front and center' even if located much farther away or angled from a stage of the venue, system and methods that enhance audio quality of audio signals especially over the voice frequency spectrum to generate a processed audio signal including an increased voice frequency sp...