ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,259, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and system for providing ideal playback position for a robotic speaker in an environment" was invented by Pulkit Agarawal (Uttar Pradesh, India), Kaushal Kumar (Uttar Pradesh, India) and Gaurav Mishra (Uttar Pradesh, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method for providing a target position for a robotic speaker in an environment. The method includes receiving sensor information from one or more sensors related to the environment, obtaining at least one of initiation gesture information, position information, and...