American Technology Corp. Issued Patent for Virtual Speakers Using Award-Winning Hypersonic Sound -- HSS -- Technology.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2001 Method Removes Need for Cumbersome Wiring for Side/Rear Speakers in Home Theater and Surround Sound Systems American Technology Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ATCO ATCO Air Traffic Control Officer ATCO Association of Transport Coordinating Officers (UK) ATCO Air Tanker/Fixed Wing Coordinator ATCO Aviation Transportation Coordination Office ATCO Air Taxi and Commercial Operator ) a licensor of innovative new sound technologies, today announced that it has been issued patent No. 6,229,899 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office protecting its "method and device for developing a virtual speaker distant from the sound source." In this method, the company's HSS HSS Humanities and Social Sciences HSS High Speed Steel HSS Home Subscriber Server (3GPP) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY, USA) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery HSS History of Science Society (TM) Technology, incorporated into the video screen or front speakers, effectively replaces surround sound speakers and wiring when its unique directional properties are employed to create virtual speakers at any desired location throughout a room. Additionally, this patent secures the company's method for synchronizing audio output such that the listener hears a unified sound experience from multiple directions. Jim Croft, chief technology officer of ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered , stated, "This patent protects what we believe is an extremely important application for HSS. Now, for the first time, the surround speakers can be located at the front of a room with the video screen and main speakers while projecting virtual sound sources to the back and side walls of a room, enveloping en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" the listener with a full surround sound experience. While the audio emanates from a centrally located HSS emitter, the listener perceives the source of sound to be the back or side walls. "While we successfully continue pursuing and receiving further coverage for our innovations surrounding Stratified stratified /strat·i·fied/ (strat´i-fid) formed or arranged in layers. strat·i·fied adj. Arranged in the form of layers or strata. Field(TM), PureBass(TM), NeoPlanar(TM) and HSS Technologies, this patent and the claims therein are significant for the use of our HSS Technology by video and audio industry leaders, particularly in future home theater and surround sound systems." To date, the company's Intellectual Property portfolio includes over 110 U.S. and Foreign patents and patent filings relating to its HSS, Stratified Field, PureBass and NeoPlanar audio reproduction technologies. About American Technology Corp. American Technology Corp. is shaping the future of sound by developing and licensing its technology and intellectual property portfolio which includes: the award-winning HSS (HyperSonic hy·per·son·ic adj. Of, relating to, or capable of speed equal to or exceeding five times the speed of sound. hy (TM) Sound) and Stratified Field(TM) Technologies; NeoPlanar(TM); PureBass(TM) Sub-Woofer Technology; and FM Sounds(TM) consumer radio products. The company is establishing a strong portfolio of patents, trademarks and know-how including over 110 U.S. and Foreign patents and patent filings to date. For more information on the company and its technologies and products visit our Web site at www.atcsd.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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