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US 9,866,937 B2Granted
Vehicle with side wall speakers
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsAndreas Silzle, Oliver Hellmuth, Ulrik Heise, Stefan Finauer, Christian Stoecklmeier
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a side wall, a ceiling and a speaker arrangement including at least one speaker. The speaker arrangement is positioned in or at the side wall and is configured such that a main sound emission direction of the speaker arrangement is directed to the ceiling.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a side wall;
- a ceiling;
- a soundwave reflector arranged at or in the ceiling;
- and a speaker arrangement comprising at least one speaker;
- wherein the speaker arrangement is positioned in or at the side wall and is configured such that a main sound emission direction of the speaker arrangement is directed to the soundwave reflector arranged at or in the ceiling;
- wherein the vehicle further comprises an audio processor;
- wherein the speaker arrangement comprises a plurality of speakers, the at least one speaker being one of the plurality of speakers;
- wherein different speakers of the plurality of speakers are positioned at different heights of the side wall;
- wherein the audio processor is configured to provide to a first speaker of the plurality of speakers an audio signal and to provide a delayed version of the audio signal to a second speaker of the plurality of speakers;
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- wherein the second speaker is a higher speaker being positioned closer to the ceiling than the first speaker and wherein the first speaker is a lower speaker being positioned further away from the ceiling than the second speaker, such that the audio signal is provided to the lower speaker and the delayed version of the audio signal is provided to the higher speaker.
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