ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,178, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Guangdong Taide Zhilian Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan City, China).

"Intelligent audio device and method for controlling automatic lifting of sound column" was invented by Xie Xilin (Dongguan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent audio device and a method for controlling automatic lifting of a sound column. The intelligent audio device includes a sound column assembly, an enclosure and a drive assembly; the enclosure is configured with at least one first accommodation space; one end of the first accommodation space extends to an outer wall of the enclosure to form a first op...