ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,426, issued on April 7, was assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Change of a mode for capturing immersive audio" was invented by Mikko Olavi Heikkinen (Tampere, Finland), Matti Sakari Hamalainen (Tampere, Finland), Juha Petteri Ojanpera (Tampere, Finland) and Juha Tapio Vilkamo (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprising capturing, using a first capturing mode, immersive audio using a first capturing device comprising a first microphone and a second capturing device comprising a second microphone, recognizing, based on obtaining data from one or more sensors, movement of the first capturing devi...