ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,360, issued on July 15, was assigned to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Content production and playout for surround screens" was invented by Michael Zink (Escondido, Calif.), Prashant Abhyankar (Burbank, Calif.), Ha Nguyen (Fullerton, Calif.), Pamela J. Allison (Burbank, Calif.) and Michael Smith (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for generating and configuring video content for surround screens include repurposing archive content and producing new content. Applications for the method include surround projection systems in cinemas, autonomous vehicles, home theaters, clubs, ...