VEHICLE BASED ACOUSTIC ZONING SYSTEM FOR SMARTPHONES
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1. An acoustic zoning system for a vehicle comprising:
- one or more speakers mounted in the vehicle; and
a zoning control module for establishing one or more smartphone usage zones in the vehicle, the zoning control module comprising;
a smartphone detection module operable to detect an audible interaction with a smartphone of at least one of a plurality of occupants of the vehicle; and
a speaker control module operable to control at least one of the one or more speakers to substantially acoustically isolate the one of the plurality of occupants from others of the plurality of occupants of the vehicle.
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Abstract
An acoustic zoning system for a vehicle includes one or more speakers mounted in the vehicle, and a zoning control module that establishing one or more smartphone usage zones in the vehicle. The zoning control module includes a smartphone detection module operable to detect an audible interaction with a smartphone of at least one of a plurality of occupants of the vehicle, and a speaker control module operable to control at least one of the one or more speakers to substantially acoustically isolate the one of the plurality of occupants from another of the plurality of occupants of the vehicle.
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15 Claims
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1. An acoustic zoning system for a vehicle comprising:
one or more speakers mounted in the vehicle; and a zoning control module for establishing one or more smartphone usage zones in the vehicle, the zoning control module comprising; a smartphone detection module operable to detect an audible interaction with a smartphone of at least one of a plurality of occupants of the vehicle; and a speaker control module operable to control at least one of the one or more speakers to substantially acoustically isolate the one of the plurality of occupants from others of the plurality of occupants of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of establishing smartphone usage zones in a vehicle comprising:
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detecting use of a smartphone in the vehicle; determining a location of the smartphone in the vehicle; defining a smartphone usage zone at the location of the smartphone; and controlling one or more speakers in the vehicle to substantially confine audible interactions with the smartphone to the smartphone usage zone. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for acoustically zoning a vehicle based on smartphone usage, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to:
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detect use of a smartphone in the vehicle; determine a location of the smartphone in the vehicle; define a smartphone usage zone at the location of the smartphone; and control one or more speakers in the vehicle to substantially confine audible interactions with the smartphone to the smartphone usage zone. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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