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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:
Jun. 09, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Scott Dublin, Arlington, MA (US);

Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Salem, NY (US);

Eduardo T. Salvador, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jeffery Robert Vautin, Worcester, MA (US);

Assignee:

BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/302 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some implementation, a method includes: receiving at least one user interface command to modify a phantom center image of audio output from the audio system in the automobile, wherein the user interface command comprises a user profile command or a preset command attributed to a user of the automobile, wherein the user profile command or the preset command is obtained from an identification file attributed to the user, wherein the phantom center image of the audio output comprises a designated position of sound produced by a set of speakers in the audio system other than physical locations of the set of speakers in the audio system; and adjusting a perceived location of the phantom center image of the audio output from the audio system based upon the at least one user interface command to modify the phantom center image of the audio output.


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