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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03G 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/0217 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H03G 3/3005 (2013.01); H03G 3/32 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 2420/01 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound system for a vehicle driven by an engine is provide, which includes an audio device for an internal space of a cabin of the vehicle, and a traveling state determiner configured to determine a traveling state of the vehicle. The audio device is configured to change a quality of a sound reproduced by a sound source and, when the traveling state determined by the traveling state determiner is a given traveling state, degrade the quality of the reproduced sound.