Sound Management Techniques for Vehicles
First Claim
1. A vehicle including an arrangement for controlling audio reception by occupants of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising:
- a frame defining an interior;
at least one seat in said interior defining a plurality of seating positions; and
sound generating means for generating different audio sounds for each of said seating positions, said sound generating means utilizing hypersonic sound.
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Abstract
Vehicle including an arrangement for controlling audio reception by occupants of a passenger compartment includes a frame defining an interior, at least one seat in the interior defining a plurality of seating positions, and a sound generating system for generating different audio sounds for each seating position. The sound generating system utilizes hypersonic sound, and may be an entertainment system which delivers music or other audio content to the occupants. A monitoring system determines the presence and/or position of occupants in the seating positions relative to the sound generating system. The sound generating system for each seating position may then be automatically adjustable based on the determined presence and/or position of the occupant in the seating position such that different sounds are audible to each occupant.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle including an arrangement for controlling audio reception by occupants of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising:
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a frame defining an interior;
at least one seat in said interior defining a plurality of seating positions; and
sound generating means for generating different audio sounds for each of said seating positions, said sound generating means utilizing hypersonic sound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling audio reception by occupants of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising:
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defining a plurality of seating positions in an interior of the vehicle;
providing a hypersonic sound generator for generating audio sounds for each seating positions; and
generating different audio sounds for each seating position via the hypersonic sound generators. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for determining the acoustic spectral characteristics of an interior of a passenger compartment for a particular occupancy of the passenger compartment, comprising:
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broadcasting a series of notes or tones into the passenger compartment when the passenger compartment has a particular occupancy;
measuring the response of the broadcast series of notes or tones; and
adjusting notes emitted by at least one speaker in volume based on the measured response so that all sounds have uniform response. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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