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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

May. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Isao Toda, Hatsukaichi, JP;

Kenji Asada, Higashihiroshima, JP;

Katsumasa Sogame, Higashihiroshima, JP;

Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); F02M 35/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10K 11/18 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 35/1294 (2013.01); B60R 11/0217 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10K 11/18 (2013.01); G10K 15/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/323 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sound system for a vehicle is provided, which includes as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle, an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin. The system includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, and an audio sound localizer configured to localize a second sound generated by the audio device to cause the driver to hear the second sound from a second position. The first and second positions are located forward of the driver in front-and-rear directions of the vehicle and separated from each other by a given distance.


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