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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dafydd Geraint Davies, Cambridge, GB;
Keng D. Hsueh, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Peter J. Didyk, Dearborn Hgts., MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 1/100 ;
Abstract
A passive system for speech enhancement in a motor vehicle includes a headliner adapted to be disposed in an occupant compartment of the motor vehicle. The passive system also includes at least one passive sound reflector disposed in or near the headliner and being sound-reflective and shaped to direct or focus speech between front and rear seat occupants in the occupant compartment of the motor vehicle.