ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,847, issued on July 29, was assigned to YAMAHA Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Phone booth and method of controlling output of directional speaker" was invented by Shinichi Kato (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yoshifumi Oizumi (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel combination includes a panel, a directional speaker mounted to the panel, and a controller that receives a trigger signal and controls an output of the directional speaker according to the trigger signal."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/076,674.

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