Motor vehicle audio system
First Claim
1. A method of operating a motor vehicle audio system that has at least one rear far-field speaker that is located behind front seats of the motor vehicle, wherein the front seats of the motor vehicle comprise a driver headrest and a passenger headrest, and wherein the motor vehicle audio system comprises a pair of near-field speakers in each such front seat headrest, the method comprising:
- detecting when a rear far-field speaker is shut off while at least one near-field speaker remains on; and
in responseautomatically operating the pair of near-field speakers in a headrest so as to deliver approximately the same audio energy to the expected location of each ear of a front seat listener'"'"'s position as was delivered before the far-field speaker was shut off.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle audio system, and a method of operating such a system. There is at least one rear far-field speaker that is located behind a front seat of the motor vehicle, and at least one near-field speaker located in front of the far-field speaker and close to an intended position of a listener'"'"'s head. There is an audio signal processor configured to detect when the rear far-field speaker is shut off while the near-field speaker remains on, and in response automatically increase the output energy of the near-field speaker.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of operating a motor vehicle audio system that has at least one rear far-field speaker that is located behind front seats of the motor vehicle, wherein the front seats of the motor vehicle comprise a driver headrest and a passenger headrest, and wherein the motor vehicle audio system comprises a pair of near-field speakers in each such front seat headrest, the method comprising:
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detecting when a rear far-field speaker is shut off while at least one near-field speaker remains on; and
in responseautomatically operating the pair of near-field speakers in a headrest so as to deliver approximately the same audio energy to the expected location of each ear of a front seat listener'"'"'s position as was delivered before the far-field speaker was shut off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A motor vehicle audio system for a motor vehicle with front seats that comprise a driver headrest and a passenger headrest, comprising:
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at least one rear far-field speaker that is located behind the front seats of the motor vehicle; a pair of near-field speakers in each of the driver and passenger headrests; and an audio signal processor configured to detect when a rear far-field speaker is shut off while at least one near-field speaker remains on, and in response automatically operating the pair of near-field speakers in a headrest so as to deliver approximately the same audio energy to the expected location of each ear of a front seat listener'"'"'s position as was delivered before the far-field speaker was shut off. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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