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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Socionext Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SOCIONEXT INC., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/028 (2013.01); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acoustic device that provides a stereophonic effect to a driver of a mobile object includes: a plurality of speakers (an L channel speaker and an R channel speaker) mounted on a steering wheel that controls a traveling direction of the mobile object; a steering angle detection unit configured to detect a steering angle of the steering wheel; and a signal output unit configured to output a plurality of output signals obtained by performing, on a sound signal, a process relating to the stereophonic effect and depending on the steering angle, respectively to the plurality of speakers.