ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,663, issued on June 16, was assigned to Garmin International Inc. (Olathe, Kan.).

"Time aligning loudspeaker drivers in a multi-driver system" was invented by Nicholas C. Ames (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for phase alignment of audio signals using a first impulse response signal associated with a first frequency range and a second impulse response signal associated with a second frequency range is provided. The method includes determining a first start time for the first impulse response and a second start time for the second impulse response. The method further includes determining a delay based at least in ...