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Audio System Optimization Interface

  • US 20140095997A1
  • Filed: 11/08/2012
  • Published: 04/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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