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News Release from: SRS Labs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 April 2007
Company receives audio patent
SRS Labs has been awarded Korean patent 10-0671360, entitled "Acoustic correction apparatus", to cover its SRS WOW audio enhancement technology.
SRS Labs has been awarded Korean patent 10-0671360, entitled "Acoustic correction apparatus", to cover its SRS WOW audio enhancement technology Specifically, the patent covers methods of acoustic compensation for spatial and spectral distortion by way of an apparatus that processes left and right input signals as reproduced through sound system loudspeakers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The patent covering SRS WOW technology was issued on 12th January, 2007.
"With WOW patents issued last year in the United States, China and Europe, patent coverage for SRS WOW now spans the globe, ensuring full protection of the 'WOW' concept and implementation throughout all of the major markets of the world, strongly protecting our IP as well as the interests of our customers", said Alan Kraemer, Chief Technology Officer of SRS Labs.
"SRS WOW provides a significantly enhanced audio entertainment experience to a wide variety of consumer electronics products".
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Since its introduction, SRS WOW has shipped worldwide in tens of millions of consumer electronics products, such as flat panel TVs from Sony, LG and Samsung, portable media players from iRiver and MobiBlue and PCs and monitors from Toshiba and BenQ.
In addition, SRS WOW has been a standard audio enhancement feature in every Windows Media Player since the release of version 7 in 2000.
SRS WOW improves the dynamic audio performance of compressed and uncompressed mono and stereo audio by expanding the size of the audio image and creating deep, rich bass response.
The patented techniques in SRS WOW widen the horizontal sound field and raise the vertical sound image, retrieving information lost in the production and distribution process to create a more natural audio experience.
SRS WOW also maximises perceived bass response using harmonic filters and psychoacoustics to go beyond the low-frequency limitations of speakers and headphones.
The combination enables manufacturers of consumer products with physical space restraints, such as televisions, mobile phones and digital audio players, to leverage cost-effective components for a high-quality consumer experience.
Since its introduction, the SRS WOW family of technologies has grown to include SRS WOW XT, which provides extreme width to audio played through closely spaced speakers drivers, such as those found in mobile phones, and SRS WOW HD, which adds realistic clarity to high frequencies as well as a centre control feature for dynamic extraction and positioning of dialogue.
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