A communication system for vehicle compartment of a first vehicle is provided. The communication system is configured to provide an audible message to a driver of the first vehicle. The communication system includes a plurality of speakers spatially distributed apart from each other within the vehicle compartment, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of speakers. The control unit is configured to receive the audible message from a communication unit arranged remotely from the first vehicle, determine a spatial relation between the geographical position of the communication system in the first vehicle and a geographical position coupled to the audible message, assign at least one of the plurality of speakers for generating directional sound towards the driver within the vehicle compartment, the direction of the sound corresponding to the spatial relation between the first vehicle and the geographical position coupled to the audible message, and provide the audible message to the driver from the at least one assigned speaker.
PRESENTATION OF AN AUDIBLE MESSAGE IN A VEHICLE
DARSTELLUNG EINER AUDIOHINWEISNACHRICHT IN EINEM FAHRZEUG
PRÉSENTATION D'UN MESSAGE AUDIBLE DANS UN VÉHICULE
2016-09-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / H04R LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS , Lautsprecher, Mikrofone, Schallplatten-Tonabnehmer oder ähnliche akustische, elektromechanische Wandler / H04S Stereophone Systeme , STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS |
European Patent Office | 2017
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