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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Florian Rill, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Florian Rill, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignees:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and devices for vehicles are provided, wherein directional output of sound is used. In some embodiments, speech signals assigned to different speakers in a telephone conference are reproduced with different directional characteristics. In other embodiments, menu items of a menu are reproduced using different directions. In some embodiments, a loudspeaker arrangement may be provided at a dashboard or in a backrest of a seat of the vehicle.