ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,201, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to D&M HOLDINGS INC. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Soundbar device and method for setting soundbar device" was invented by Shinichiro Hiraki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshiki Kunimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide a soundbar device with which it is possible to realize an optimum surround environment that corresponds to the screen width of a television device. [Solution] This soundbar device 1 comprises: a first housing 10 having a speaker at a front surface and a left side surface; and a second housing 11 having a speaker at a front surface and a right side surface, it bei...