The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded ClearOne a patent relating to its spatial audio rendering technology for audio conferencing. [related]
ClearOne earned United States Patent number 9,843,455, entitled Conferencing System with Spatial Rendering of Audio Data, relates to “conferencing systems that, among other things, transmit and receive audio with spatial information, which improves intelligibility and reduces listener fatigue in a conference,” according to a company announcement.
This new patent is “part of ClearOne’s growing patent portfolio that currently includes over 100 patents and pending patent applications covering multiple new technologies in the fields of audio and video processing, audio and video streaming, and innovative communication technologies,” according to ClearOne.
ClearOne’s patents “reinforce and protect its market leadership position and demonstrate ClearOne’s ongoing ability to develop cutting-edge products and technologies,” according to the announcement.
Frost & Sullivan’s Global Audio Conferencing Endpoints Market, Forecast to 2021, finds ClearOne “led the installed audioconferencing space with a market share of 53.8 percent in 2016.”
This installed audio market “is expected to gradually grow at a CAGR of 3.5 percent from 2016-2021, driven by the launch of cost-effective installed audio systems from vendors like ClearOne,” according to the Frost & Sullivan report.
“With the proliferation of video in huddle rooms and large meeting spaces, incorporating video in an enterprise collaboration bundle seems to be a logical extension route for audio conferencing endpoint vendors like ClearOne,” according to Frost & Sullivan unified communications & collaboration industry analyst Vaishno Srinivasan.
ClearOne’s newest patent is its second in about three months.
In an announcement to investors, the manufacturer reported that, on Aug. 29, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued United States Patent number 9,749,072.
That patent was entitled “Endpoint Parameterization Management of Generic Devices.”
It enables a system to use, manage, and control smart devices for the “Internet of Things” by describing key configuration parameters for those devices in a common format like a comma separated values (CSV) text file format or some other format that is equally simple.
