Abstract: An in-car audio system, may include at least one vehicle speaker arranged in a vehicle headrest behind an occupant and configured to transmit audio signals to the associated occupant, the at least one vehicle speaker including a pair of speakers configured to provide binaural audio signals to the associated occupant; at least one visual indicator arranged within a vehicle cabin at a first location and configured to provide a visual cue to the occupant; a processor programmed to instruct the speaker to emit an audio signal perceived at the first location, and instruct the at least one visual indicator to concurrently illuminate with the audio signal to provide visual reinforcement to the occupant that the audio signal perceived is associated with the first location.

Abstract: A method for playback of an audio signal at an individual seat-based sound (ISS) system in a coherent listening environment having a plurality of ISS systems and a plurality of listening modes. Each ISS system has a single transducer. A listening mode and a set of playback preferences are selected. A crosstalk cancellation algorithm for the ISS system of interest is generated using impulse response measurements of the audio signal, taken only in an acoustical domain, of a transfer function between the audio signal directly after the single transducer in the ISS system of interest and the audio signal at the head of the listener in the ISS system of interest. The crosstalk cancellation algorithm for the selected listening mode is applied to the audio signal, and the audio signal is played back at the single transducer of the ISS system of interest.

Abstract: A method for playback of an audio signal at an individual seat-based sound (ISS) system in a coherent listening environment having a plurality of ISS systems and a plurality of listening modes. Each ISS system has a single transducer. A listening mode and a set of playback preferences are selected. A crosstalk cancellation algorithm for the ISS system of interest is generated using impulse response measurements of the audio signal, taken only in an acoustical domain, of a transfer function between the audio signal directly after the single transducer in the ISS system of interest and the audio signal at the head of the listener in the ISS system of interest. The crosstalk cancellation algorithm for the selected listening mode is applied to the audio signal, and the audio signal is played back at the single transducer of the ISS system of interest.