ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,338, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Directional sound-producing device" was invented by Guy Torio (Holliston, Mass.) and Edward Maniet (Auburn, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound-producing device includes a housing having a front and a top, a first electro-acoustic transducer facing from the front of the housing, a second electro-acoustic transducer facing from the top of the housing, and a third electro-acoustic transducer facing from the top of the housing. There is at least one processor that is configured to, during audio playback, generate a first array using the first and second el...