ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,300, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SPATIALX INC. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Audio effectiveness heatmap" was invented by Xavier Prospero (Berkeley, Calif.), Aric Marshall (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Plitkins (Piedmont, Calif.) and Calin Pacurariu (Cave Creek, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio system can be configured to generate an audio heatmap for the audio emission potential profiles for one or more speakers, in specific or arbitrary locations. The audio heatmap maybe based on speaker location and orientation, speaker acoustic properties, and optionally environmental properties. The audio heatmap often shows areas of l...