Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for personalized sound isolation in vehicle audio zones
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Application No.: US15005351Application Date: 2016-01-25
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Publication No.: US09773495B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Perry Robinson MacNeille , James Andrew Miloser , Jorge Acosta , Eric Marsman
- 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: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Agent James P. Muraff
- Main IPC: G10K11/178
- IPC: G10K11/178 ; G06F3/16

Abstract:
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising an audio system configured to create a plurality of audio zones within a vehicle cabin, and at least one display communicatively coupled to the audio system. The display is configured to display a separate user interface for each audio zone. Each user interface comprises an engine sound control and a cabin noise control for adjusting an audio output provided to the corresponding audio zone. Embodiments also include a method of providing user-controlled sound isolation in a plurality of audio zones within a vehicle. The method comprises presenting, for each audio zone, a user interface including an engine sound control and a cabin noise control, and generating an audio output for each audio zone based on a first value received from the engine sound control and a second value received from the cabin noise control of the corresponding user interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170213541A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED SOUND ISOLATION IN VEHICLE AUDIO ZONES Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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