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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alexander Groh, Detroit, MI (US);
Benjamin Vondersaar, Detroit, MI (US);
Edgar Nunez, Detroit, MI (US);
Prabhanjan Kadepurkar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Dage, Ferndale, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for issuing audio alerts within the cabin of a vehicle. The method may include detecting a condition programmatically assigned an audio alert and a virtual source for the audio alert. The method may further include determining, by the computer system based on the virtual source, a gain value for each speaker of a plurality of speakers carried in fix positions onboard the vehicle. Once the gain value for each speaker of the plurality of speak is known, the audio alert may be projected by each speaker of the plurality of speakers according to the gain value determined therefor.