# Dolby Laboratories Licensing — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Dolby Laboratories Licensing has 3 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Smart Speakers Adapt Sound to Your Room and Listening Spot](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11178503/system-for-rendering-and-playback-of-object-based-audio-in-various-listening-env) — granted 2021
  This patent describes a system that automatically adjusts how spatial audio sounds in a room by sensing speaker locations, listener position, and room acoustics, then dynamically calibrating the sound output.
- [How a Speaker Bounces Sound Off the Ceiling for Wider Audio](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11006212/upward-firing-loudspeaker-having-asymmetric-dispersion-for-reflected-sound-rende) — granted 2021
  This patent describes a speaker system with special upward-firing drivers and slots designed to bounce high-frequency sound off a ceiling, creating a wider, more immersive listening experience.
- [How a Device Renders Immersive Sound Objects Using Speaker Virtualization](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10743125/audio-processing-apparatus-with-channel-remapper-and-object-renderer) — granted 2020
  Dolby's patent describes an audio processing system that takes individual sound elements, like a buzzing bee, and places them precisely in a 3D space using smart software that makes speakers sound like they are in different locations.

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