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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh, Hagenbach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A private audio system for a 3d like sound experience for a vehicle passenger comprising: at least one acoustic sound emitter configured to transmit sound from an audio source in an audio frequency; at least one ultrasonic speaker configured to transmit an audio beam from an audio source, wherein the audio beam is orientable relative to the passenger; a passenger monitoring unit configured to track a location of a passenger's head; a signal processor configured to detect the location of the passenger's ears and to control the orientation of the ultrasound audio beam based on information provided by the passenger monitoring unit.