WO2012172394A1 - Adaptation acoustique automatique pour une automobile - Google Patents

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WO2012172394A1
WO2012172394A1 PCT/IB2011/052638 IB2011052638W WO2012172394A1 WO 2012172394 A1 WO2012172394 A1 WO 2012172394A1 IB 2011052638 W IB2011052638 W IB 2011052638W WO 2012172394 A1 WO2012172394 A1 WO 2012172394A1
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Wei Ming Dan Chia
Cahyadi RIFKY
Ming Hua Lim
Min Tak Lee
Adi Wibowo SENO
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 
    • H04S7/00—Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • H04R2499/13—Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles

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  • This application relates to a sound system for a vehicle, such as a passenger car, van, caravan, minibus, a bus or even covered two and three wheelers.
  • Automotive vehicles are commonly equipped with radios for receiving wireless broadcast radio frequency (RF) sig ⁇ nals. These radios process the received RF signals and then broadcast audio sounds together with other information to passengers in the vehicles while the automotive vehicles travel amongst various locations.
  • RF radio frequency
  • the application discloses a sound adaptation module for a passenger car which comprises an input connection for receiving a passenger occupation pattern of the passenger car via a bus or other communication cable And an audio input connection for receiving audio signals from an audio source such as a radio, a cd/dvd player, a player for a tape or other storage medium for sound a passenger information system a telephone etc.
  • the sound adaptation module comprises a database with predetermined sound profiles, a selection means for selecting a sound profile from the predetermined sound profiles based on the passenger occupation pattern, adap- tation means for adapting the audio signals according to the sound profile and output connections for transmitting the adapted audio signals from the adaptation means to at least two loudspeakers.
  • the passenger detection sensors are provided below the seating area of a passenger seat or at a lower part of the passenger seat and allow to detect if the passenger seat is occupied.
  • the occupation sensors may be provided as sensor mats which allow to detect bone patterns which can be used to make a distinction between child and adult.
  • the adaptation means may comprise a digital signal processor which is adapted to apply a digital fil ⁇ ter to loudspeaker output signals, wherein the filter is based on the selected sound profile.
  • a loudspeaker configuration of the sound adaptation system comprises at least two loudspeakers.
  • a typical con ⁇ figuration comprises at least two front tweeters and two front main speakers.
  • the loudspeaker configu ⁇ ration may also comprise a center speaker which can be integrated in a centre console, for example.
  • a further extended configuration for better sound on the rear seats further comprises two rear tweeters and two rear main speakers which may be at door and/or behind rear seats. Additional loudspeakers may be provided, especially for automobiles with more than two rows of seats.
  • the automatic selection of a sound profile allows the driver to concentrate on driv ⁇ ing while providing a sound experience which is pre-tuned to the specific acoustic response of a car' s interior to provide an approximately flat frequency response by com ⁇ pensating for resonances and/or attenuations and also re ⁇ flections .
  • the selection of the sound pattern may be coupled to the degree of opening of windows, of a cloth top on the roof or of a retractable roof which is derived from sensors on the passenger car.
  • a sound profile comprises parameters which determine the output of the loudspeakers in relation to an input from an audio device.
  • the sound profile may comprise a loudspeaker activation pattern, a frequency dependent amplification characteristics or equalizer pat ⁇ tern. The amplification characteristics may be provided separately for front right and left speakers and rear right and left speakers or even for individual speakers.
  • the sound adaptation module may furthermore comprise means for narrowing down the number of available sound patterns by user selection or it may comprise means for selecting a sound characteristic which modifies the se ⁇ lected sound pattern, for example characteristic sound patterns for pop, classic and speech signals.
  • the user selection may also override the automatic selection.
  • the sound adaptation system may also comprise a computer readable memory for storing user preferences.
  • the sound profiles may comprise a loud ⁇ speaker activation pattern or frequency dependent amplification characteristics.
  • the frequency dependent ampli ⁇ fication patterns can be attributed to a subset of loud ⁇ speakers or even to individual loudspeakers.
  • the application discloses an audio device with a sound adaptation module according to one of the preceding claims. By integrating the sound adaptation module in an audio device such as a radio, a cd player or a separate amplifier, a compact design is achieved.
  • the application discloses a sound adaptation system for a passenger car, comprising an occupant classification system for determining a passenger occupation pattern of the passenger car.
  • the occupant classification system comprises passenger detection sensors which are integrated into seats of the passenger car and means for deriving the passenger occupation pattern from output signals of the passenger detection sensors.
  • the sound adaptation system further comprises an audio source, at least two loudspeakers and a sound adaption module according to the application, wherein a first input of the sound adaptation module is connected to the audio device, a second input of the sound adaptation mod ⁇ ule is connected to the means for deriving the passenger occupation pattern
  • the sound adapation system may further comprise motion detection sensors such as pyroelectric sensors and motion evaluation means.
  • the motion evaluation means is adapted to determine an event of passengers entering or leaving the car through a car door and the sound adaptation system is configured to trigger a selection of a sound pro ⁇ file based on the event.
  • the selection of a sound profile can be triggered by the movement sensors. In particular, the triggering can be made such that a reselection is only triggered when passenger enter or leave the car.
  • a sound adaptation system according to the application can comprise height detection sensors which are integrated in the seats, for example as sensor mats, and/or in the panel.
  • the selection means is adapted to select a predetermined sound pattern based on output sig ⁇ nals of the height detection sensors.
  • the height detec ⁇ tion sensors allow to better estimate a position of the passengers' ears and to better differentiate between child and adult.
  • the selected sound profile may be adapted to the estimated ear positions.
  • the passenger detection sensors may comprise weight sen ⁇ sors.
  • a sound adaptation system according to the application can be configured to detect a child passenger from output signals of the height detection sensors and the weight sensors, for example from hip bone position and blade bone positions.
  • the selection means is adapted to select a corresponding sound profile, for ex ⁇ ample to tune down the speakers to direct sound away from the child passenger.
  • the sound adaptation system may comprises height actuators for adjusting heights of high pitch loudspeakers on pillars of the passenger car.
  • the adapta ⁇ tion means of the sound adaptation module is configured to send signals to the height actuators according to the passenger occupation pattern, wherein the passenger occupation may also comprise passenger heights.
  • the tweeter loudspeakers may be movable along the larger portion of a column height or even along substantially the entire column height. Specifically, there may be a hight, mid and low position of the tweeters.
  • a loudspeak- er configuration with tweeters has at least two front tweeters and optionally also two rear tweeters.
  • the application provides a method for adapt ⁇ ing a sound pattern of passenger car loudspeakers, which comprises steps of deriving a passenger occupation pattern from output signals of passenger detection sensors, selecting a predefined sound profile based on the passen ⁇ ger occupation pattern, adapting a sound pattern of passenger car loudspeakers based on the predefined sound profile, wherein a sound pattern refers to a relation of an input from an audio source to a loudspeaker signal.
  • the step of adapting comprises adapting a sound pattern of at least two loudspeakers.
  • the method may comprise reading out signals of door sensors, reading out signals of motion detection sensors and evaluating the signals of the door sensors and the signals of the motion detection sensors. If an open door is detected and a motion is detected, based on the evaluation of the signals from the door sensors and from the motion detection sensors the steps of deriving the passenger occupation pattern, selecting the sound profile and adapting the sound pattern are triggered
  • the method may comprise a step of adapting the sound pattern comprises adjusting the heights of tweeter loudspeakers to get an even better directivity of the signal.
  • the method may comprise detecting a passen ⁇ ger height from an output signal of a height detection sensor, wherein the step of selecting the sound profile comprises selecting the sound profile based on the pas- senger height and optionally also adjusting the heights of the tweeter loudspeakers.
  • the step of adapting may comprise attrib ⁇ uting frequency amplification relationship ( s ) to one or more loudspeakers according to the selected sound profile and a step of deriving one or more loudspeaker output signal (s) from an audio source input signal according to the frequency amplification relationship.
  • the method may comprise a step of activating or deactivating loudspeakers according to a loudspeaker activation matrix of the selected sound profile.
  • the method may comprise a step of switching on of at least two rear main speakers which are provided behind a seat back row and switching off of other rear speakers if only the first row of passenger seats is occupied and switching off of the rear main speakers and switching on of additional rear speakers if at least one row of rear seats is at least partially occupied.
  • the rear main speakers are located behind the back seat row while the additional rear speakers are provided at the left and right sides.
  • the method may furthermore comprise a step of switching off or reducing an amplification of a loudspeaker in response to a detected infant or child.
  • the step of adapting may furthermore comprise attributing a delay pattern to one or more loudspeakers according to the selected sound profile.
  • a method according to the application may also comprise a user based selection of pitch/bass biased sound profiles e.g. according to music style or environment noise.
  • the application provides a sound adaptation system for adapting the sound of an entertainment system in a passenger car.
  • the system includes a sound produc ⁇ tion system and an Occupant Classification System (OCS) for providing number and location of seated passengers in the vehicle.
  • OCS Occupant Classification System
  • the application also provides a method of adapting the sound of the entertainment system.
  • an automobile which includes an automated sound adaptation module and a sound configuration data base module.
  • the sound adapta ⁇ tion module comprises seat sensors and/or pyroelectric sensors .
  • the automobile comprises front and rear speakers, wherein the front speakers and the rear speakers comprise tweet ⁇ ers and lower frequency speakers.
  • the lower frequency speakers may be designed as woofers, for example.
  • One tweeter and one woofer can be integrated into one unit or they can be provided as separate units or components.
  • a woofer component can be integrated into a door of the au ⁇ tomobile .
  • the front tweeters are adjustably mounted on front pillars of the automobile while the rear speakers are adjustable mounted on rear pillars of the automobile.
  • the pillars are also referred to as posts.
  • the pillars connected a roof of the automo- bile to a lower part of the automobile.
  • the front pillars are also called A-pillars while the rear pillars are called C-pillars.
  • the front and the rear tweeters may be adjustable to a high position, to a mid position, and to a low position.
  • the positions of tweeter speakers are adjusted on the front pillar may be adjusted according to the number of the seated passenger or according to the passenger height for obtaining better sound directivity and phase to the passengers.
  • the seat sensors are installed below or inside passenger seats of the automobile and can be part of an Occupant Classification System (OCS) , as shown in patent US7597011 B2) .
  • OCS Occupant Classification System
  • the sound adaptation system can make use of preexisting seat sensors which are provided for altering the passenger to fasten their seat belts, for example.
  • the pyroelectric sensors are in ⁇ stalled at a front dashboard and/or at the back of front seats of the automobile, especially on the back of the head rests of the front seats.
  • the sound enhancement module is used for improving sound produced by the sound entertainment sys ⁇ tem for the passengers of the automobile.
  • the seat sensors are used to detect and to obtain data of the seated passengers.
  • the data include location infor ⁇ mation, weight information, and number information of the seated passengers.
  • the weight information is used to classify the passenger as adult, child or infant.
  • the seat sensor may also com ⁇ prise sensor mats such that a bone location can be identified and used for the age discrimination of a passen- ger.
  • the detection of bone patterns allows to differenti ⁇ ate between children and people of short stature.
  • the differentiation result can be used in various ways, for example to determine a required airbag pressure.
  • the sen ⁇ sor mats may comprise capacitive sensors, strain gauges or other types of weight sensitive elements.
  • the pyroelectric sensors are used to detect motions of the passengers.
  • the pyroelectric sensors are used to detect difference in passenger body infrared emitted signals, which in turn detect discrete recogni ⁇ tion of the height of the passengers.
  • the pyroelectric sensors that are installed at the back of the front seats are used for detecting motions of the back seat passen ⁇ gers.
  • the pyroelectric sensors that are in ⁇ stalled at the front dashboard are used for detecting mo ⁇ tions of the front seat passengers.
  • a method of tracking movements with pyroelectric sensors is shown in patent WO/2006/105094, for example
  • a sound adaptation module according to the application provides
  • the database module is used for storing different sound system configurations.
  • the sound system configurations include different sets of sound system settings.
  • the passenger information is used for selecting the appropriate sound system configuration from the database module .
  • a loudspeaker configuration according to the application may comprise only the front speakers, only the rear speakers, or both front and rear speakers.
  • the embodiment can applied to an automobile in which the front speakers are actuated while the rear speakers are not actuated.
  • the embodiment can also be ap ⁇ plied to an automobile in which the rear speakers are ac ⁇ tuated while the front speakers are not actuated.
  • the em ⁇ bodiment can also be applied to an automobile in which both the rear speakers and the front speakers are actuat ⁇ ed .
  • a sound tuning with calibrated profiles is done with respect to the automobile interior environment.
  • These profiles are than saved into the entertainment system. For example, they are stored ini a flash based system which may be referred to as sound tuning profile database.
  • the OCS and sensors within the in ⁇ terior of the automobile provides the necessary infor ⁇ mation about the seated passenger from their module via CAN bus protocol or any automobile electrical communica ⁇ tion into the entertainment system.
  • the entertainment system will then process this information to decide, based on which configuration of seated passengers, which profile to select.
  • the selected profiles which fit the detect number of passengers can also include options for the end user to select more dynamic choices like for ex ⁇ ample bass emphasis or treble emphasis for specific types of sound data. These profiles are pre-tuned to provide the best align sound listening experiences.
  • An existing occupation classification system is used to determine the location and position of the seated passenger/s .
  • the application comprises, among others, the following aspects : a) An automatic adjustment of calibrated sound profiles with respect to the number of seated passenger without manual intervention. b) Additional sensors, such as capacitive sensor mats and pyroelecric sensors, to detect the height and move ⁇ ment of the seated passengers determine the right sound calibrated profile to use. c) A dynamic movement of the tweeter speakers of the automobile along the front and rear pillars provides the right projection of sound close to and direct to the pas ⁇ senger in accordance to the height and number of passen ⁇ gers . An adjustment of sound could also be done manually by a front passenger of the automobile who adjusts controls of the entertainment system.
  • a desired sound can be obtained with an adjustment that is both easy and fast. In this way, the driver is less distracted and can concentrate on driver. Furthermore, according to the ap ⁇ plication, a driver may select an adjusted sound which is suitable for other passengers of the automobile.
  • a sound adaptation method uses sensors in the automobile to first detect a number of seated passengers in the automobile. This is followed by automatically adjusting sound tuning parameters of a sound entertainment system of the automobile according to the number of the passengers for providing desired sound effects.
  • the method may also comprise moving speakers of the sound entertainment system to enhance further recep ⁇ tion of the sound by the different passengers.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the front
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a top view of sensor and loudspeaker locations
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a side view of sensor and loud ⁇ speaker locations
  • Fig. 4 shows an amplification curve for a first occupation pattern, shows an amplification curve for a second occu ⁇ pation pattern,
  • FIG. 1 shows a first loudspeaker activation pattern, shows a second loudspeaker activation pattern, shows an extended loudspeaker configuration, shows an arrangement of rear speakers, shows a loudspeaker configuration with flat panel speakers as front tweeters,
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment with movable rear tweeters, illustrates an occupation pattern detection, illustrates a sound profile selection, and illustrates a sound profile tuning.
  • Fig. 1 shows a passenger compartment 10 of a passenger car.
  • An audio entertainment system 11 is installed in the passenger compartment.
  • the audio entertainment system 11 comprises a car radio 12 with a CD/DVD player 13 and a cassette player 14 which are installed in a centre con ⁇ sole of the passenger compartment 10.
  • the car radio 12 and the cassette player 14 are connected to an amplifier.
  • the amplifier is not shown in Fig. 1. It may be part of the car radio 12, for example.
  • Loudspeakers are connected to the amplifier via a sound adaptation unit, which is not shown in Fig. 1.
  • the sound adaption unit may be real ⁇ ized as a separate component or within components of the audio entertainment system 11.
  • the loudspeakers comprise front and rear loudspeakers, which are also referred to as front and rear speakers.
  • the front speakers are shown in Fig. 1. They comprise a front left main speaker 16, a front right main speaker 17, a front left treble speaker 18, a front right treble speaker 19 and a front centre speaker 20.
  • the treble speakers are also referred to as "tweeters”.
  • the front left main speaker 16 is provided in an opening of a left front door 20 below a left armrest 22 and the front right main speaker 17 is provided in an opening of a right front door 23 below a right armrest 24.
  • the left tweeter 18 is provided in an upper region of a left A- pillar 25 and the right front tweeter is provided in an upper region of a right A-pillar 26.
  • the front centre speaker is provided in a lower area 27 of the centre con ⁇ sole 15.
  • Fig. 1 shows a lower part of a left front seat 28 and a lower part of a right front seat 29.
  • Pas ⁇ senger detection sensors which are not shown in Fig. 1, are provided in the lower parts of the front seats 28, 29.
  • the passenger detection sensors are connected to the sound adaptation unit.
  • Further parts of the passenger cell 10 which are shown in Fig. 1 include a left door opener 30, a right door opener 31, a left exterior mirror 32, a right exterior mirror 33, a hand brake 34 a front window 40 and a dashboard 35.
  • the dashboard 35 comprises, among others, an upper sur ⁇ face 36, ventilation openings 37 and an instrument clus ⁇ ter 38.
  • a steering wheel 39 is mounted to a steering col ⁇ umn which is provided below the instrument cluster 38.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic upper view of a sound adaptation system inside the passenger cell 10.
  • the loudspeakers of the passenger cell 10 comprise the front left tweeter 18, the front main speaker 16, the front right tweeter 19, the front main speaker 17, a rear left door main speaker 41, a rear right door main speaker 42, a rear left tweeter 43, a rear right tweeter 44, a rear left main speaker 45 and a rear right main speaker 46.
  • a car entertainment system 47 comprises the car radio 12 and the cassette recorder 14 of Fig. 1 as well as the ad ⁇ aptation unit.
  • the adaptation unit of the car entertainment system 47 is connected to passenger detection sensors which are provided at lower parts of the passenger seats.
  • the passenger detection sensors comprise a front left passenger detection sensor 48, a front right passenger detection sensor 49, a rear left passenger detection sensor 50, a rear center passenger detection sensor 51 and a rear right passenger detection sensor 52.
  • a left height detection sensor 53 is provid ⁇ ed in an upper part of a front left seat and a right height detection sensor 54 is provided in an upper part of a front right seat.
  • a front left motion sensor 55 is integrated into a left side of the dashboard 35 while a front right motion sensor 56 is integrated into a right side of the dashboard 35.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram that illustrates the re ⁇ spective position of the sensors and their connection to the car entertainment system 47.
  • Fig. 3 shows a side view from a left side in which a front left seat of a front row 58 and a rear left seat of a back row 59 is visible.
  • the seats of the front row 58 and of the back row 59 com ⁇ prise a lower portion 60, a back portion 61 and a head rest 62.
  • the lower portion 60 of the front seats in the front row 59 is also shown in Fig. 1 as lower portion 28 and 29.
  • the height detection sensors 53, 54 are provided in upper areas of the back portions 61 of the front seats, respec ⁇ tively.
  • Fig. 4 shows amplification curves 64, 65, 66, 67 for an occupation pattern in which the first row of seats 58 is occupied and the second row of seats 59 is not occupied.
  • the curves refer to amplifications of respective input signals in decibel.
  • a front left amplification curve 64 determines an amplification of a front left input signal to a front left output signal
  • a front right amplifica ⁇ tion curve 65 determines an amplification of a front right input signal to a front right output signal
  • a rear left amplification curve 66 determines an amplification of a rear left input signal to a rear left output signal
  • a rear right amplification curve 67 determines an am ⁇ plification of a rear right input signal to a rear right output signal.
  • the respective input signals are derived from output sig ⁇ nals of an audio source.
  • the front left and rear left input signals may be equal to a left channel signal and the front right and rear right input signals may be equal to a right channel signal.
  • the front left, rear left, front right and rear right input signals may also be obtained by mixing of the right and left channel signals, for example to obtain a pseudo-quadrophonic sound .
  • the front left, front right, rear right and rear left output signals are sent to front left, front right, rear right and rear left speakers or groups of speakers.
  • a front left group of speakers may comprise a front left bass speaker and a front left tweeter in which case the front left output signal is split up with an au ⁇ dio crossover into an input signal of the front left bass speaker and an input signal of the front left tweeter.
  • the amplification curves 64 and 65 of the front speakers have a high amplification of up to 12 dB in a low frequency range that extends from the lower hearing threshold of 50 Hz to up to about 150 Hz, a low amplification in a range from 200 to 300 Hz, a medium amplification of up to about 5 dB around 500 Hz and sev ⁇ eral amplification peaks of more than 8 dB in a range be ⁇ tween 2 kHz and the upper hearing threshold of 20 kHz.
  • the high amplification can compensate a high damping of the car's interior.
  • a low amplification can compensate a resonance of the car's interior.
  • the amplification curves 66, 67 of the rear speakers have a lower amplification in the low frequency range which decreases from about 6 dB at the lower hearing threshold to about -4 dB at 500 Hz. In the range from 800 Hz to 20 kHz the amplification of the rear speakers resembles the amplification of the front speakers but is generally slightly lower.
  • Fig. 5 shows amplification curves 64', 65', 66', 67' for an occupation pattern in which the first row of seats 58 and the second row of seats 59 is occupied.
  • the amplification curves of the front speakers of Fig. 5 have a lower amplification of no more than 6 dB . Also, the amplification peaks above 2 kHz are smaller with respect to the low frequency amplification and re ⁇ gion of low amplification between 500 Hz and 2 kHz is more pronounced.
  • the rear speaker amplification curves 66', 67' of Fig. 5 have a lower amplification of no more than - 2dB and the amplification curves are smoother and without pronounced amplification peaks.
  • the amplification dips from about -2 dB at the lower hearing threshold to about - 12 dB at about 250 Hz. It then gradually rises to a plateau of about -3 dB between 2 kHz to 10 kHz and it gradually falls off between 10 kHz and 20 kHz. Between 1 kHz and 2 kHz there is a 3 dB dip in amplification.
  • the amplification curve may be realized by digital fil ⁇ ters in a digital signal processor (DSP) .
  • the input of the DSP may be derived from a digital output of an audio source or from an analog output of the audio source which is processed with an analog digital converter.
  • the DSP may be realized as part of an audio device, such as a ra ⁇ dio or a CD player, or as a separate component.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 show loudspeaker activation patterns in which activated loudspeaker are shown and deactivated loudspeakers are not shown.
  • Fig. 6 shows a loudspeaker activation pattern for an occupation pattern in which the front row 58 is occupied and the back row 59 is not occupied.
  • a front left main speaker 16, a front left tweeter 18, a front right main speaker 17, a front right tweeter 19, a rear left main speaker 45 and a rear right main speaker 46 are activated while a rear left door speaker 41, a rear left tweeter 43, a rear right door speaker 42 and a rear right tweeter 44 are deactivated.
  • Fig. 6 shows a loudspeaker activation pattern for an occupation pattern of a car in which the front row 58 and the back row 59 are occupied.
  • a front left speaker 16, a front left tweeter 18, a front right speaker 17, a front right tweeter 19, a rear left door speaker 41, a rear right door speaker 42, a rear left tweeter 43 and a rear right tweeter 44 are activated while a rear left main speaker 45 and a rear right main speaker 46 are deac tivated .
  • Fig. 8 shows a further extended speaker configuration of a 5 seater car with a rear center speaker 9 and a centre speaker 20.
  • the speakers are labeled as follows: Front left tweeter 18 T FL
  • Fig. 9 shows a placement of a rear left speaker 41 in a rear left door, of a rear right speaker 42 in a rear right door and of a rear left main speaker 45 and a rear right main speaker 46 in a hat shelf behind a back row 59.
  • Table 3 shows an allocation of sound profiles to detected occupation patterns of a 5 seater car.
  • A refers to adult
  • C to child
  • I to infant.
  • An infant re ⁇ fers to a baby or a child of up to 12 months or even up to 3 years, whereas a child refers to human between in ⁇ fancy and puberty.
  • the following table shows a listing of equalizer patterns and phase compensation and delay patterns for a 5 seater car, which are calibrated during a sound calibration procedure.
  • the sound calibration procedure may be carried out at the manufacturer of the sound system for certain predetermined classes of vehicles like 5 seaters, 8 seat- ers etc. or individually for a given passenger car at a service shop.
  • the equalizer patterns with the prefix "EQ”, and the phase compensation and delay patterns with the prefix "T” are associated to the occupation patterns which are listed in the first column.
  • the occupation patterns in ⁇ clude also occupation patterns in which the driver seat is not included. For example, these can be useful in a situation in which the driver is a chauffeur and an owner or a VIP is seated on a back seat.
  • Table 1 lists sound profiles which comprise phase compen ⁇ sation and delay patterns as well as equalization pat ⁇ terns which correspond to specific tuning targets of a 5 seater car.
  • the sound profiles may be automatically se ⁇ lectable or manually selectable.
  • the automatically se ⁇ lectable sound profiles may allow a manual selection or not.
  • the sound profiles with detected infants or children do not allow a manual selection.
  • the available selection modes may be different from Table 1 or they may be configurable by the driver. 5 seater Acoustic tuning fac ⁇ Remark
  • Table 2 shows an activation matrix, wherein a loudspeaker is indicated in the header of A-pillar, "1" stands for activation of the loudspeaker, "0” stands for a deactivation of the loudspeaker and a value between 0 and 1 stands for an attenuation of the loudspeaker signal. For example, 0.5 stands for an attenuation of 50%.
  • the num ⁇ bering of the seats of the 5 seater is shown in Fig. 8.
  • the activation matrix of Table 2 is specially adapted for occupation patterns with children and infants.
  • the fourth row refers to a detected occupation pat ⁇ tern in which adult passengers are detected on the first and the second seat and an infant is detected on the third seat on the back row. All rear loudspeakers are de ⁇ activated in order to avoid disturbing the infant.
  • the sixth row refers to an occupation pattern in which an adult passenger is detected on the first seat in the front row and a child is detected on the fifth seat in the back row. Only the left main rear speaker and the right main rear speaker are activated and the sound is attenuated to 50%.
  • the loudspeaker amplification may change to a driver centered pattern, if an information message for the driver is transmitted.
  • the adaptation system may send the sound signal of the information message to the loudspeakers that are closest to the driver.
  • the information message may be mixed into a sound signal of a media being played or it may be sent instead of the sound signal.
  • Fig. 10 shows a further embodiment, wherein a left tweet ⁇ er 18' and a right tweeter 19' are realized as flat panel speakers 18' , 19' .
  • Fig. 11 shows a cross section A-A of the A-pillar 25 of Fig. 10.
  • the flat panel speaker 18' comprises a speaker panel 70, also known as diaphragm, a coil 71 which is at ⁇ tached to the speaker panel 70, a frame 72 and a magnet 73 which is attached to the frame 72.
  • a first end 74 and a second end 75 of the coil 71 are connected to a cable which is connected to an audio source.
  • the ends may be connected to an inner and an outer part of a coaxial cable.
  • the frame of the flat panel speaker may also be provided by a part of the carriage, especially of A-pillar, in which the flat panel speaker is integrated. Furthermore, a piezoelectric element may provide the actuation of the speaker panel.
  • transparent film speakers may be used as tweeters as well.
  • the transparent film speakers may be positioned on the windscreen.
  • the film speakers can be used in combination with a head-up dis- play such that a voice of an information system is coming from the location of the head-up display.
  • Figs. 12 and 13 show a further embodiment in which the tweeter speakers 18, 19, 43, 44 are movable between a low, mid and high position.
  • Arrows 76 and 77 show up and down movements of the tweeters 18 and 19, respectively.
  • arrows 78 and 79 in Fig. 13 show an up and down movement of the tweeters 43 and 44, respectively.
  • Fig. 14 shows a detection process of a passenger configu ⁇ ration, also referred to as passenger occupation pattern.
  • a start step 80 it is determined, in a door check ⁇ ing step 81, if one or more passenger doors of the car are open or at least partially open or ajar.
  • the start step 80 may itself be triggered by an opening of a door.
  • a movement detection step 82 output signals of pyroe- lectric sensors are analyzed to detect whether there is any thermal movement that corresponds to passengers en ⁇ tering or leaving the car.
  • a passenger configura ⁇ tion is detected in a configuration detection step 83.
  • the configuration detection step 83 may be repeated until detection sensors give a stable signal.
  • the configuration detection step 83 includes a determination if the passenger is an adult, child or infant. If no thermal movement is detected, the process loops back to the door checking step 81 and the opening status of the passenger doors is checked again.
  • the detection sensors may comprise capacitive sensing mats and other occupant classification sensors.
  • the occupant classification sensors may comprise a weight sensor with a strain gauge that is attached to a deforming part.
  • the deforming part may be realized as a bar which is attached to a passenger seat such that an up/down motion of the passenger seat is converted into a rotation of the bar.
  • a transmission step 84 the detected configuration is transferred to other modules, for example to a seat belt detection module and to a sound adaptation module.
  • a shutdown detection step 85 it is determined if there is a shutdown.
  • the shutdown may comprise turning off the motor or turning off the radio.
  • the process terminates in a termination step 86. Otherwise, the process loops back to the door check ⁇ ing step 81 and the opening status of the passenger doors is tested again.
  • Fig. 15 shows a selection process for a sound profile that comprises frequency profiles which are specific to a loudspeaker or a group of loudspeakers and loudspeaker activation/amplification patterns.
  • the lozenge symbols of steps 95 and 99 refer to alternatives with three possible outcomes.
  • step 91 After a start step 90 of the sound adaptation system, it is determined in step 91 if a user selection is request ⁇ ed. If a user selection is requested, a list of available sound profiles is displayed in step 92, wherein the sound profiles relate to a detected occupation pattern or seat ⁇ ing pattern. In a step 93, a user selection of a sound profile is received. In a step 94, an activation matrix and a pre-tuned sound profile is loaded from a database. In step 94, the user selection is stored for later use.
  • the user can also make altera ⁇ tions to the sound profile via user input. If the sound profile is altered, the user can save the altered sound profile in a sound profile database.
  • a decision step 95 it is determined whether there is a user interrupt or a shutdown. If there is a shutdown, the process ends in a termination step 96. If, on the other hand, there is a user interrupt, the process branches back to step 91 and it is again determined, if a user selection is requested. If there is neither a shut ⁇ down nor a user interrupt, the process remains in a wait ⁇ ing state.
  • step 97 information is requested from an integrated body control module and from a seating module via a communication bus which is connected to detection sensors and a passenger occupation pattern is determined from the information.
  • integrated body control (IBC) module refers to the body of the car.
  • Functions of the integrated body control module may comprise functions of a basic function control module such as the control of the interior and exterior lamps, the wipers and the washing system, the door closing system and the rear-window heater but also functions such as the keyless access control and start system (PASE) , the remote locking system (RKE) , the welcome lighting, the electronic steering lock as well as a remote engine start.
  • PASE keyless access control and start system
  • RKE remote locking system
  • the body control module as well as other modules, such as the sound adaptation module may be realized by printed circuit boards with microcontrol ⁇ lers, for example.
  • the occupation pattern is used to select an activation matrix which corresponds to the occupation pattern and a pre-tuned sound profile which corresponds to the activation matrix.
  • the automatic selection of the sound profile in step 98 may also take into account stored user preferences such as a pop or a classic sound characteristic.
  • the selection of the sound profile is stored in a database.
  • a deci ⁇ sion step 99 if there is a user interrupt or shutdown.
  • the process branches back to step 91 in which it is determined whether an au ⁇ tomatic selection or a user selection is requested.
  • the process terminates in the pro ⁇ cess termination step 96. If there is neither a user interrupt nor a shutdown, it is determined, in a decision step 100, if an occupation pattern has changed using the information provided by the IBC module and the seat mod ⁇ ule .
  • the process branches back to step 97 in which an occupation pattern is determined.
  • the condition of decision step 100 may comprise a condition, that a passenger door is open or ajar.
  • Fig. 16 shows a tuning process for obtaining a pre-tuned sound profile as well as a predetermined speaker matrix or activation matrix.
  • the sound tuning process is per- formed for different types of vehicles and seating pat ⁇ terns.
  • a database of a sound ad ⁇ aptation module can then be loaded with sound profiles and activation patterns that are specific to the vehicle type in which the sound adaptation module is integrated and which have been determined during the tuning process of Fig. 16.
  • flat refers to a sound reproduction with little or no em ⁇ phasis or attenuation of specific frequency ranges.
  • Dur ⁇ ing the tuning process, equalization patterns, phases and timings are adjusted with respect to the reflection pat ⁇ tern of the automobile structure and/or the passengers.
  • a start step 102 the tuning process is initiated.
  • a phase of the speaker output is determined.
  • a predetermined speaker matrix is determined in which occupation patterns are defined. An exam ⁇ ple of a speaker matrix is shown in table 1. The sound profiles are then associated to the speaker matrix in the steps 106 and 107.
  • a sound spectrum of the car is determined.
  • an equalization matrix is adapted to a de ⁇ sired frequency response for a given occupation pattern and is stored in a pre-tuned equalization matrix.
  • equalization matrices are visualized in Figs. 4 and 5.
  • an output speaker activation pattern is determined and the activation pattern is stored in an ac ⁇ tivation matrix database.
  • table 2 shows an output speaker activation pattern.
  • the tuning process is terminated.

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L'invention concerne un module d'adaptation acoustique pour une voiture particulière qui comprend une connexion d'entrée pour recevoir un modèle d'occupation de passagers de ladite voiture, une connexion d'entrée audio pour recevoir des signaux audio à partir d'une source audio et une base de données comportant des profils acoustiques prédéfinis. En outre, le module d'adaptation acoustique comprend un moyen de sélection pour sélectionner un profil acoustique à partir des profils acoustiques prédéfinis sur la base du modèle d'occupation de passagers et un moyen d'adaptation pour adapter les signaux audio selon le profil acoustique, ainsi que des connexions de sortie pour transmettre les signaux audio adaptés du moyen d'adaptation à au moins deux haut-parleurs.
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