Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle external speaker system
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Application No.: US16437121Application Date: 2019-06-11
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Publication No.: US10708700B1Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , John Robert Van Wiemeersch , Ross Dykstra Pursifull , Paul Kenneth Dellock , Kristopher Karl Brown
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: H04R27/00
- IPC: H04R27/00 ; G06K9/00 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R3/00 ; H04R29/00

Abstract:
A system includes a microphone mounted inside a vehicle, a speaker mounted outside the vehicle, a camera with a field of view encompassing a seat of the vehicle, and a computer in communication with the microphone, speaker, and camera. The computer is programmed to, in response to data from the camera indicating a gesture by an occupant of the seat, activate the speaker to broadcast based on data transmitted by the microphone.
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