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US 6,305,732 B1Granted
Dashboard with integrated directional microphone
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorHans-Wilhelm Rühl
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Abstract
A dashboard includes a microphone with a microphone capsule, which is connected to an electronic unit, in the dashboard of a motor vehicle. The microphone is a directional microphone in the form of a slotted-tube type microphone or of a parabolic mirror type microphone and is aligned with a driver's position.
Claims11
A dashboard of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a microphone which is connected to an electronic unit, wherein the microphone is a directional microphone which is directed to a vehicle occupant and further wherein the microphone is located in a cavity of the dashboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.