ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,781, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH (Karlsbad, Germany).

"Head tracking for three-dimensional audio rendering" was invented by Alfredo Fernandez Franco (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanisms and methods are provided for improved head tracking for three-dimensional audio rendering. In some embodiments, methods may comprise obtaining sensor outputs from a plurality of sensors at fixed positions on a portion of a seat (e.g., a headrest of the seat). The sensor outputs may be provided to a machine learning model, which may be trained to predict parameters related to a pos...