ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,363, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Surround sound in automotive audio system" was invented by Vinay Kumar Pal (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of adapting an automotive audio system to support surround sound comprises: configuring an application program for creation of an audio track object that specifies passthrough mode as a playback mode, wherein the application program is installed to operate under an operating system that is not configured for surround sound; configuring a framework of the operating system with a bypass past a mixer of the operating system, wherein the by...