ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,851, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CLEAR PEAKS LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for synchronizing audio signals to correct for spatial and processing delays" was invented by Stone Gossard (Seattle), Mike Bundlie (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Vladimir Tesanovic (Belgrade, Serbia) and David R. Levine (Oxnard, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are new techniques carried out by a computing system for determining delays of various components of an audio system to allow for accurate correction of these delays, which may improve the audio quality of live performances for listeners who hear audio rep...