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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Padmanaban Kanagaraj, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Katherine Jennette Freund, Livonia, MI (US);
Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Abstract
An audio control arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a camera capturing images of a passenger of the motor vehicle. A processor is communicatively coupled to the camera and determines, based on the captured images, whether the passenger is at least partially asleep. An audio system is communicatively coupled to the processor and reduces a volume of an audio signal in response to the processor determining that the passenger is at least partially asleep. A loudspeaker is communicatively coupled to the audio system and emits sounds based on the audio signal.