Abstract: Various embodiments disclose techniques for generating one or more sound zones and a quiet zone in a listening environment. The techniques include configuring one or more filters of a filter bank, generating a respective speaker signal for each of one or more speakers by processing a respective audio zone signal for each of one or more sound zones using the filter bank, and outputting the respective speaker signals using the one or more speakers. Sound output by the one or more speakers propagates through a listening environment to generate respective sound in each of the one or more sound zones corresponding to the respective audio zone signal for that sound zone. The sound output by the one or more speakers propagates through the listening environment to generate a first quiet zone.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method for determining, for each of a plurality of sound sources near a user selected location, a distance between the user selected location and a location of the sound source. The computer-implemented method also includes determining an amplitude of each sound source in the plurality of sound sources based on the determined distance between the user selected location and the location of the sound source and mixing the plurality of sound sources based on the determined amplitudes.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an audio system is provided. The audio system includes one or more microphones and at least one controller. The one or more microphones are positioned about a vehicle to provide a captured audio input signal. The at least one controller is programmed to receive the captured audio input signal and to receive a first signal indicative of a vehicle speed for the vehicle. The at least one controller is further programmed to determine an attenuation amount based on the vehicle speed for the vehicle and to attenuate the captured audio input signal based on the attenuation amount to increase clarity of the captured audio input signal.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method comprising causing playback of a first audio input an audio source by at least one speaker within a vehicle, detecting a second a first audio input using a microphone that is movable within the vehicle, modifying at least one audio property of the second first audio input to generate a modified second first audio input, and causing playback of the modified second first audio input by the at least one speaker within the vehicle.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method comprising receiving an audio source for playback, extracting a first segment of the audio source, the first segment comprising a first portion of the audio source, removing a first vocal component from the first segment to create a first modified segment, and causing playback of at least a subsegment of the first modified segment using one or more audio output devices.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method comprising receiving an audio source for playback by an audio playback system, identifying a left channel and a right channel associated with the audio source, generating a modified left channel comprising the right channel subtracted from the left channel, generating a modified right channel comprising the left channel subtracted from the right channel, causing playback, on a left channel speaker of the audio playback system, of the modified left channel, and causing playback, on a right channel speaker of the audio playback system, of the modified right channel.

Abstract: A system and method for organizing incoming data from audio sources and vehicle system inputs into one or more matrices to hierarchically prioritize the incoming data into one or more of a low priority mixer, a medium priority mixer and a high priority mixer. The hierarchically organized incoming data is prioritized and assigned as an input or a trigger to one or more duckers to generate a mixed audio signal that combines attenuated and ducked incoming data. A mixed audio signal is transmitted over a communication link for playback by a personal audio device.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a plurality of media signals from a plurality of consoles included in a vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of consoles is included in a common communication session; causing video signals associated with the plurality of media signals to be displayed at a first console in the plurality of consoles; spatializing, based on a position, an audio signal associated with a first media signal of the plurality of media signals to generate a spatialized audio signal, the first media signal being associated with a second console of the plurality of consoles, the position being either a position of a first window displaying the video signal associated with the first media signal or a position of an occupant of the vehicle associated with the second console; and driving a set of loudspeakers to reproduce the spatialized audio signal.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a set of two or more first media signals from two or more consoles included in a vehicle, where each of the two or more consoles are included in a common communication session, combining the set of two or more first media signals to generate a composite media signal, transmitting, via a communication link, the composite media signal to a remote destination, receiving, via the communication link, a remote media signal from the remote destination, and causing the two or more first media signals and the remote media signal to be reproduced at the two or more consoles.

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems for combining a prerecorded performance with a live performance within a space (such as a vehicle) are disclosed. A first performance (which may be a prerecorded performance) may be started within the space, and a second performance (such as a live performance) may subsequently be initiated within the space as well. The second performance may be detected, and based upon the detection, one or more volume parameters of the first performance may be modified. One or more properties of the second performance may also be modified, and the modified first performance may then be combined with the modified second performance to create a combined performance.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling aspects of a virtual concert is provided. The apparatus includes one or more controllers and at least one computing device. The one or more controllers are positioned in a venue and are configured to control features of a live performance at the venue based on at least one first signal. The at least one computing device is programmed to receive a second signal indicative of a command to control at least a portion of the live performance from directly from a user that is remote from the venue and to transmit the at least one first signal to the one or more controllers to control the features of the live performance.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for remotely creating an audio and video mix of a live performance is provided. A media controller is positioned in a venue and being programmed to transmit one or more audio streams and one or more video streams for a live performance at the venue. A server is programmed to receive the one or more audio streams and the one or more video streams from the venue and to transmit the one or more audio streams and the one or more video streams to a streaming platform. A computing device being programmed to play back the modified at least one of the audio properties of the one or more audio streams and the video properties of the one or more video streams for the user.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a set of two or more first media signals from two or more consoles included in a vehicle, where each of the two or more consoles are included in a common communication session, combining the set of two or more first media signals to generate a composite media signal, transmitting, via a communication link, the composite media signal to a remote destination, receiving, via the communication link, a remote media signal from the remote destination, and causing the two or more first media signals and the remote media signal to be reproduced at the two or more consoles.

Abstract: Various embodiments also include a computer-implemented method comprising determining a communications mode for a plurality of consoles operating within a vehicle, based on the determined communications mode, initiating an in-vehicle communication between a set of consoles included in the plurality of consoles, where the set of consoles includes at least a first console and a second console, in response to the in-vehicle communication, causing each of the set of consoles to attenuate volumes of a set of content items playing on each of the set of consoles, and receiving a speech signal generated by a first user of the set of consoles, and causing the set of consoles to reproduce the speech signal.

Abstract: A loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle includes a loudspeaker mounted in the vehicle, the loudspeaker having a first side facing an interior of the vehicle and an opposed second side. The loudspeaker is configured to generate an acoustical signal having a front wave directed into the interior of the vehicle and a rear wave directed away from the interior of the vehicle. An acoustic coupler is disposed on the second side of the loudspeaker and extending toward an exterior of the vehicle, the acoustic coupler arranged to transmit the rear wave to the exterior of the vehicle such that the acoustical signal is audible in the interior of the vehicle and at the exterior of the vehicle.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for providing an immersive audio experience at an entertainment venue is provided. The system includes at least one loudspeaker and a server. The at least one loudspeaker is attached to the entertainment venue. The server is associated with the entertainment venue and is programmed to communicate with a mobile device associated with a vehicle occupant and to enable access to the at least one loudspeaker to position the at least one loudspeaker in a vehicle in response to the mobile device being authenticated with the server.

Abstract: A computing device for adjusting audio output in a listening environment having a user interface to select a source, from a plurality of sources, to be played at a sound zone in a plurality of sound zones; A processor receives user input source selections to determine combined sources for the plurality of sound zones and adjust audio parameters for the sound zones having combined sources based on combined sources and individual inputs for audio settings from each sound zone. The processor applies adjusted audio parameters to a sound zone algorithm for the sound zones having combined sources, and outputs audio based on the adjusted sound zone algorithm. A designated occupant may select the sound zones to which the adjusted sound zone algorithm is to be applied.

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems for combining a prerecorded performance with a live performance within a space (such as a vehicle) are disclosed. A first performance (which may be a prerecorded performance) may be started within the space, and a second performance (such as a live performance) may subsequently be initiated within the space as well. The second performance may be detected, and based upon the detection, one or more volume parameters of the first performance may be modified. One or more properties of the second performance may also be modified, and the modified first performance may then be combined with the modified second performance to create a combined performance.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for providing an immersive audio experience at an entertainment venue is provided. The system includes at least one loudspeaker and a server. The at least one loudspeaker is attached to the entertainment venue. The server is associated with the entertainment venue and is programmed to communicate with a mobile device associated with a vehicle occupant and to enable access to the at least one loudspeaker to position the at least one loudspeaker in a vehicle in response to the mobile device being authenticated with the server.

Abstract: A loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle includes a loudspeaker mounted in the vehicle, the loudspeaker having a first side facing an interior of the vehicle and an opposed second side. The loudspeaker is configured to generate an acoustical signal having a front wave directed into the interior of the vehicle and a rear wave directed away from the interior of the vehicle. An acoustic coupler is disposed on the second side of the loudspeaker and extending toward an exterior of the vehicle, the acoustic coupler arranged to transmit the rear wave to the exterior of the vehicle such that the acoustical signal is audible in the interior of the vehicle and at the exterior of the vehicle.