AUDIO SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
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Abstract
An adaptive audio system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The audio system is operable to retrieve a music item from a storage device, classify the music item in a predefined music category the basis of a determined audio profile, select a category from a plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of a current driving behavior of the driver, and output a music item included in the selected category via an output device. The driving behavior of the driver is understood to mean the mode or style in which the driver drives.
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31 Claims
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1. -12. (canceled)
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13. An audio system for a motor vehicle comprising:
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an output device configured to output audio signals; a computing unit and a software product that, when running on the computing unit instructs the computing unit to perform the following; retrieve at least one music item from at least one storage device; determine an audio profile for the at least one music item; classify the at least one music item in at least one of a plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of the determined audio profile; determine at least one driving parameter that characterizes a current driving behavior of the driver of the motor vehicle; classify the current driving behavior of the driver on the basis of the at least one determined parameter; select a category from the plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of the classified current driving behavior of the driver; and output at least one music item included in the selected category via the output device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a software product that, when running on a computing unit of an audio system in a vehicle having an output device configured to output audio signals, instructs the computing unit to perform the following:
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retrieve at least one music item from at least one storage device; determine an audio profile for the at least one music item; classify the at least one music item in at least one of a plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of the determined audio profile; determine at least one parameter that characterizes a current driving behavior of the driver of the motor vehicle; classify the current driving behavior of the driver (7) on the basis of the at least one determined parameter; select a category from the plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of the classified current driving behavior of the driver; and output at least one music item included in the selected category via the output device.
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25. A method for operating an adaptive audio system in a motor vehicle comprising:
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retrieving at least one music item from a music storage device; determining an audio profile for the at least one music item; classifying the at least one music item in at least one of a plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of the audio profile; determining at least one driving parameter characterizing a current driving behavior of the driver of the motor vehicle; classifying the driving behavior on the basis of the at least one driving parameter; selecting a category from the plurality of predefined music categories on the basis of the classified current driving behavior of the driver; and outputting at least one music item included in the selected category via an audio output device in the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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