System for providing occupant-specific acoustic functions in a vehicle of transportation

A system, for implementation at a vehicle of transportation, comprising:

• multiple arrangements of occupant-zone-specific heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) output equipment in the vehicle, wherein:
• each arrangement is positioned at a respective occupant-specific HVAC zone of the vehicle;
• and
• each arrangement is configured to communicate with a hardware-based processing unit that, when executing code of a hardware-based storage device, interacts, via the arrangement, primarily only with a vehicle occupant occupying a corresponding occupant-specific acoustic zone.

A system, for implementation at a vehicle of transportation, comprising:

• multiple arrangements of occupant-zone-specific acoustic equipment, each arrangement being positioned, for operation of the system, at a respective occupant-specific acoustic zone of the vehicle;
• a processing unit;
• and
• a hardware-based storage device comprising:
• a database module that, by way of the processing unit in operation of the system:
• obtains a first occupant setting using a determined first identity of a first occupant at a first occupant-specific acoustic zone of the vehicle;
• and
• obtains a second occupant setting using a determined second identity of a second occupant occupying a second occupant-specific acoustic zone of the vehicle;
• and
• an activity module that, by way of the processing unit in operation of the system:
• determines, based on the first identify, a manner by which to interact with the first occupant while the first occupant is positioned in the first occupant-specific acoustic zone;
• and
• determines, based on the second identify, a manner by which to interact with the second occupant while the second occupant is positioned in the second occupant-specific acoustic zone.