ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,193, issued on June 16, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V (Munich).

"Multi-channel audio decoder, multi-channel audio encoder, methods and computer program using a residual-signal-based adjustment of a contribution of a decorrelated signal" was invented by Sascha Dick (Nuremberg, Germany), Christian Helmrich (Erlangen, Germany), Johannes Hilpert (Nuremberg, Germany) and Andreas Hoelzer (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-channel audio decoder for providing at least two output audio signals on the basis of an encoded representation is configured to perform a weig...