ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,140, issued on Jan. 20.
"Spatial audio processing for electronic audio reproduction" was invented by Manbinder Pal Singh (Coral Springs, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Spatial audio processing allows for the replication of real-world audio behavior. In some cases, audio sources may be associated with respective spatial audio areas that define which other individuals or objects are recipients of audio generated by the respective audio source. For example, individuals or objects within a spatial audio area will receive audio generated by an associated audio source, but not individuals or objects outside of that spatial audio area....