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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jose Lopez, Dearborn, MI (US);
Deborah Fogt, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a plurality of speakers and a processor. Each of the plurality of speakers is associated with one of a plurality of vehicle components. The processor is programmed to select at least one of the plurality of speakers to play a sound associated with one of the plurality of vehicle components and in accordance with a location of a passenger relative to at least one of the plurality of vehicle components.