Audio system with balance setting based on information addresses
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1. An audio system for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of audio sources connected to an amplifier in communication with a plurality of speakers, where each of the audio sources is operable to generate an audio output signal for receipt by the amplifier;
a control unit connected with the amplifier, the control unit configured to store in a memory a plurality of passenger categories;
the control unit further configured to store a plurality of balance settings in the memory, where each of the balance settings is for one of the plurality of audio sources and is stored in one of the plurality of passenger categories so that no passenger category contains more than one balance setting for each of the audio sources;
a user interface in communication with the control unit, the user interface configured to select one of the audio sources from among the plurality of audio sources as a selected audio source;
the control unit further configured to retrieve, in response to receipt of the selection of the selected audio source, a balance setting for the selected audio source from among the balance settings stored in a selected one of the plurality of passenger categories; and
the amplifier further configured to reproduce the audio output signal of the selected audio source based upon the retrieved balance setting stored in the selected passenger category to drive the speakers of the audio system.
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Abstract
An audio system for a vehicle that includes a system for allowing an occupant of the vehicle to adjust a balance setting of each audio source (116). The audio system includes a plurality of audio sources (102) that are connected to an amplifier (104). The amplifier is connected to a head unit (106) that adjusts the balance setting of each audio source based on predetermined parameters or user preferences (112). Audio output signals from the audio sources are thus reproduced with different balance settings.
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1. An audio system for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of audio sources connected to an amplifier in communication with a plurality of speakers, where each of the audio sources is operable to generate an audio output signal for receipt by the amplifier; a control unit connected with the amplifier, the control unit configured to store in a memory a plurality of passenger categories; the control unit further configured to store a plurality of balance settings in the memory, where each of the balance settings is for one of the plurality of audio sources and is stored in one of the plurality of passenger categories so that no passenger category contains more than one balance setting for each of the audio sources; a user interface in communication with the control unit, the user interface configured to select one of the audio sources from among the plurality of audio sources as a selected audio source; the control unit further configured to retrieve, in response to receipt of the selection of the selected audio source, a balance setting for the selected audio source from among the balance settings stored in a selected one of the plurality of passenger categories; and the amplifier further configured to reproduce the audio output signal of the selected audio source based upon the retrieved balance setting stored in the selected passenger category to drive the speakers of the audio system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of controlling an audio system in a vehicle, the system having a plurality of audio sources, a plurality of speakers, a memory, and a user interface, the method comprising:
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storing in the memory a plurality of passenger categories; storing a plurality of balance settings in the memory, where the balance settings for the audio sources are stored in the plurality of passenger categories so that no passenger category contains more than one balance setting for each of the audio sources; through the user interface of the audio system, selecting one of the audio sources as a selected audio source; retrieving the balance setting for the selected audio source from the balance settings stored in a selected one of the passenger categories in the memory; generating an audio output signal for reproduction from the selected audio source; and reproducing the audio output signal of the selected audio source in an amplifier to drive the speakers based upon the stored selected balance setting for the selected audio source retrieved from the selected passenger category in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium including instructions executable on a processor of an audio system adapted to be installed in a vehicle having a plurality of audio sources, an amplifier, a plurality of speakers, a memory, and a user interface, the computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code stored on the computer readable medium to store in the memory a plurality of passengers categories; computer program code stored on the computer readable medium to enable the memory to store a plurality of balance settings, where each of the balance settings is for one of the plurality of audio sources and is stored in one of the plurality of passenger categories so that no passenger category contains more than one balance setting for each of the audio sources; computer program code stored on the computer readable medium to enable the user interface of the audio system to receive a selection of one of the audio sources from among the plurality of audio sources as a selected audio source; computer program code stored on the computer readable medium, in response to the selection of the selected audio device, to enable the processor to retrieve from the memory a balance setting for the selected audio source stored in a selected passenger category of the plurality of passenger categories; and computer program code stored on the computer readable medium to enable the processor, in further response to the selection of the selected audio source, to setup the amplifier to drive the speakers of the vehicle to reproduce an audio output signal of the selected audio source based upon the retrieved balance setting. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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