ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,025, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatus to expand acoustic rendering ranges" was invented by Hector Cordourier Maruri (Guadalajara, Mexico), Jesus Rodrigo Ferrer Romero (Guadalajara, Mexico) and Willem Beltman (West Linn, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes instructions that, when executed, cause processor circuitry to at least: obtain audio data channels produced by physical capture devices; calculate: a first plurality of angles corresponding to ones of the physical capture ...