Abstract: A system for and a method of outputting sound having a variable apparent source distance and/or width is provided. The system may be used in a vehicle and the apparent source distance may be varied depending on parameters of a driving style or a driver's behavior.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2018
Assignee:
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING KFT
Abstract: A vehicle sound generator system is configured to generate a signal configured to drive one or more speakers produce sound waves simulating sounds associated with a desired engine type. The signal is based on one or more operating conditions of a vehicle. The vehicle sound generator system is configured to select sounds from a plurality of sounds based on the operating conditions of the vehicle. Each sound corresponds to a simulated sound of an engine operating in a respective gear. The vehicle sound generator system may generate the signal to drive the speakers to produce selected sounds to simulate shifting between the respective gears.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 14, 2017
Assignees:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems Manufacturing KFT, Harman International Industries, Incorporated
Inventors:
Colin Peachey, Carl Glen Dryhurst, Stephen James Smith, Jonathan R Lane
Abstract: Disclosed are methods for selecting auditory signal components for reproduction by means of one or more supplementary sound reproducing transducers, such as loudspeakers, placed between a pair of primary sound reproducing transducers, such as left and right loudspeakers in a stereophonic loudspeaker setup or adjacent loudspeakers in a surround sound loudspeaker setup. Also disclosed are devices for carrying out the above methods and systems of such devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 6, 2017
Assignee:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems Manufacturing Kft
Inventors:
Patrick James Hegarty, Jan Abildgaard Pedersen