ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,017, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for sound quality enhancement with personalized sound equalizer controls" was invented by Sean Edward Olive (Oak Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes calculating percentile values for normalized gains in each of a plurality of equalizer bands, wherein the normalized gains are based on statistical norms for a distribution of gain values for each band of the plurality of equalizer bands. The computer-implemented method further includes receiving a user input adjusting a gain ...