Audio System Optimization Interface
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1. An audio system interface for a vehicle, comprising:
- an audio system comprised of a plurality of speakers, said plurality of speakers integrated within a vehicle passenger compartment of said vehicle;
a system controller coupled to said audio system;
a memory coupled to said system controller, wherein a plurality of locations within said vehicle passenger compartment are stored within said memory, wherein each of said plurality of locations corresponds to one of a plurality of acoustic sweet spots, and wherein each acoustic sweet spot of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots defines a specific left-right speaker balance setting from a plurality of left-right speaker balance settings and a specific front-rear speaker fader setting from a plurality of front-rear speaker fader settings; and
a touch-screen mounted within said vehicle passenger compartment and coupled to said system controller, said touch-screen configured to display at least one graphical user interface (GUI) control screen providing control over said audio system, wherein said GUI control screen displays a visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment, wherein said visual representation includes a plurality of seat representations with each of said plurality of seat representations corresponding to an actual vehicle seat within said vehicle passenger compartment, and wherein whenever a touch registers on said visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment displayed on said touch-screen said system controller is configured to match said touch with one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots and automatically adjust a left-right speaker balance controller to said specific left-right speaker balance setting defined by said one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots and automatically adjust a front-rear speaker fade controller to said specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by said one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots.
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Abstract
An audio system interface is provided, as well as a method of using same, in which a visual representation of the vehicle'"'"'s passenger cabin is displayed on the vehicle'"'"'s touch-screen. When a user'"'"'s touch registers on the visual representation of the passenger compartment, the system matches the touch with one of a plurality of pre-defined acoustic sweet spots within the passenger compartment, and then adjusts the left-right speaker balance controller and the front-rear speaker fade controller to the specific left-right speaker balance setting and the specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by the selected acoustic sweet spot.
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20 Claims
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1. An audio system interface for a vehicle, comprising:
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an audio system comprised of a plurality of speakers, said plurality of speakers integrated within a vehicle passenger compartment of said vehicle; a system controller coupled to said audio system; a memory coupled to said system controller, wherein a plurality of locations within said vehicle passenger compartment are stored within said memory, wherein each of said plurality of locations corresponds to one of a plurality of acoustic sweet spots, and wherein each acoustic sweet spot of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots defines a specific left-right speaker balance setting from a plurality of left-right speaker balance settings and a specific front-rear speaker fader setting from a plurality of front-rear speaker fader settings; and a touch-screen mounted within said vehicle passenger compartment and coupled to said system controller, said touch-screen configured to display at least one graphical user interface (GUI) control screen providing control over said audio system, wherein said GUI control screen displays a visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment, wherein said visual representation includes a plurality of seat representations with each of said plurality of seat representations corresponding to an actual vehicle seat within said vehicle passenger compartment, and wherein whenever a touch registers on said visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment displayed on said touch-screen said system controller is configured to match said touch with one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots and automatically adjust a left-right speaker balance controller to said specific left-right speaker balance setting defined by said one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots and automatically adjust a front-rear speaker fade controller to said specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by said one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of selecting audio balance, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a touch-screen within a vehicle passenger compartment of a vehicle; displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) control screen on said touch-screen, said GUI control screen providing control over an audio system integrated within said vehicle; displaying a visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment on said GUI control screen, wherein said visual representation includes a plurality of seat representations with each of said plurality of seat representations corresponding to an actual vehicle seat within said vehicle passenger compartment; accepting a user touch on said visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment displayed on said GUI control screen; determining a specific location from a plurality of locations within said vehicle passenger compartment that corresponds to said user touch on said visual representation of said vehicle passenger compartment; matching said specific location to one of a plurality of acoustic sweet spots within said vehicle passenger compartment, wherein each acoustic sweet spot of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots defines a specific left-right speaker balance setting from a plurality of left-right speaker balance settings and a specific front-rear speaker fader setting from a plurality of front-rear speaker fader settings; automatically adjusting a left-right speaker balance controller to said specific left-right speaker balance setting defined by said one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots; and automatically adjusting a front-rear speaker fade controller to said specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by said one of said plurality of acoustic sweet spots. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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