Automotive audio system and method with tri-polar loudspeaker configuration and floating waveguide equipped transducers in an automotive headrest
US11838740B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2420/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A signal processing method and Automotive Audio System 290 comprising a tripolar loudspeaker configuration housed in at least one automotive head-rest assembly 200 or 500, whose radiation pattern, in conjunction with inter-element delays and other design features, is such that that passengers are afforded temporal and amplitude cues for achieving the desired soundfield appropriate for a variety of audio program material. Optionally, some or all of the headrest assembly transducers are aligned and configured with a Floating Waveguide member 470.
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