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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Tobe Zetelmo Barksdale, Bolton, MA (US);
Douglas J. Holmi, Marlborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle audio system, and a method of operating such a system. There is at least one rear far-field speaker that is located behind a front seat of the motor vehicle, and at least one near-field speaker located in front of the far-field speaker and close to an intended position of a listener's head. There is an audio signal processor configured to detect when the rear far-field speaker is shut off while the near-field speaker remains on, and in response automatically increase the output energy of the near-field speaker.