Seat-optimized reproduction of entertainment for autonomous driving

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for controlling a routing matrix for signal components of individual channels of a multichannel audio signal to multiple loudspeakers in a vehicle having at least one front seat position in a front audio zone of the vehicle and at least one rear seat position in a rear audio zone of the vehicle, wherein the rear audio zone is arranged behind the front audio zone in a forward direction of the vehicle, wherein, referenced to the forward direction, the vehicle has at least one left front loudspeaker and one right front loudspeaker that are arranged in front of the front seat position;

• one left center loudspeaker and one right center loudspeaker that are arranged in front of the rear seat position;
• and a central front loudspeaker that is arranged centrally in front of the front seat position, the method comprising:
• routing the signal components of the individual channels of the multichannel audio signal to the loudspeakers, so that the multichannel audio signal is reproduced stereophonically in both the front and the rear audio zones, wherein when the front seat position is directed in the forward direction of the vehicle, a left channel is routed to the left front loudspeaker and the left center loudspeaker, a right channel is routed to the right front loudspeaker and the right center loudspeaker, a center channel is routed to the central front loudspeaker, a left surround channel is routed to the left center loudspeaker, and a right surround channel is routed to the right center loudspeaker;
• and
• sensing whether the front seat position has been rotated in a backward direction of the vehicle;
• wherein, when the front seat position is rotated in the backward direction of the vehicle, the left channel is routed only to the left center loudspeaker, the right channel is routed only to the right center loudspeaker, the left surround channel is routed to the left front loudspeaker and the right surround channel is routed to the right front loudspeaker, and routing of the center channel to the central front loudspeaker is interrupted.

A vehicle having a passenger compartment including at least one front seat position in a front audio zone and at least one rear seat position in a rear audio zone, wherein the rear audio zone is arranged behind the front audio zone in a forward direction of the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

• referenced to the forward direction, at least one left front loudspeaker and one right front loudspeaker that are arranged in front of the front seat position;
• one left center loudspeaker and one right center loudspeaker that are arranged in front of the rear seat position;
• and a central front loudspeaker that is arranged centrally in front of the front seat position;
• and
• a control unit that is set up to route signal components of individual channels of a multichannel audio signal to the loudspeakers such that the multichannel audio signal is reproduced stereophonically in the front audio zone and in the rear audio zone;
• wherein, when the front seat position is directed in the forward direction of the vehicle, the control unit routes a left channel to the left front loudspeaker and the left center loudspeaker, a right channel to the right front loudspeaker and the right center loudspeaker, a center channel to the central front loudspeaker, a left surround channel to the left center loudspeaker and a right surround channel to the right center loudspeaker,
• wherein the front seat position is rotatable through 180 degrees, and
• wherein, when the front seat position is rotated in the backward direction of the vehicle, the control unit routes the left channel only to the left center loudspeaker, the right channel only to the right center loudspeaker, the center channel no longer to the central front loudspeaker, the left surround channel to the left front loudspeaker and a right surround channel to the right front loudspeaker.