Method and system for optimizing comfort of an occupant
First Claim
1. In a motor vehicle having an interior passenger compartment receivable of an occupant, a windshield and a rear view mirror, a system for optimizing the comfort of the occupant comprising:
- first determining means for determining the direction of a bothersome stimulus;
second determining means for determining the location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus and,activation means coupled to said first and second determining means responsive to the determined direction of the stimulus and the determined location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus for automatically activating a countereffect to the stimulus in order to diminish the effect of the stimulus on the sensory organ of the occupant.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for optimizing the comfort of the occupant in accordance with the invention in which the direction of a bothersome stimulus, such as an unwanted sound, external or internal of the vehicle, and an external light source, is determined, the location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus, e.g., the ears of the occupant if the stimulus is an unwanted sound and the eyes of the occupant if the stimulus is an external light source, is determined and, responsive to the determined direction of the stimulus and the determined location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive thereto, a countereffect to the stimulus is activated in order to diminish the effect of the stimulus on the sensory organ of the occupant. If the stimulus is the external light source, a light filter between the external light source and the eyes of the occupant may be activated. If the stimulus is a source of unwanted sound, the location of the ears of the occupant is determined and sound waves are generated and transmitted to cancel the unwanted sound at the ears of the occupant. The stimulus may be both sound and a light source.
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25 Claims
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1. In a motor vehicle having an interior passenger compartment receivable of an occupant, a windshield and a rear view mirror, a system for optimizing the comfort of the occupant comprising:
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first determining means for determining the direction of a bothersome stimulus; second determining means for determining the location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus and, activation means coupled to said first and second determining means responsive to the determined direction of the stimulus and the determined location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus for automatically activating a countereffect to the stimulus in order to diminish the effect of the stimulus on the sensory organ of the occupant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a motor vehicle having an interior passenger compartment receivable of an occupant, a method for optimizing the comfort of the occupant comprising the steps of:
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determining the direction of a bothersome stimulus; determining the location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus, and in consideration of the determined direction of the stimulus and the determined location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus, automatically activating a countereffect to the stimulus in order to diminish the effect of the stimulus on the sensory organ of the occupant. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a motor vehicle having an interior passenger compartment receivable of an occupant, a windshield and a rear view mirror, a system for optimizing the comfort of the occupant comprising:
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first determining means for determining the direction of an external light source, second determining means for determining the location of the eyes of the occupant, first activation means coupled to said first and second determining means responsive to the determined direction of the external light source and the determined location of the eyes of the occupant for automatically activating a light filter between the external light source and the eyes of the occupant, third determining means for determining the presence and direction of a source of unwanted sound, fourth determining means for determining the location of the ears of the occupant, second activation means coupled to said third and fourth determining means responsive to the determined direction of the unwanted sound and the determined location of the ears of the occupant for automatically generating and transmitting sound waves to cancel the unwanted sound at the ears of the occupant.
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Specification