US 12,254,240 B2
Controlling audio output in a vehicle
Roberto Speranza, Mississauga (CA); and Pierre Pierre Blais, Kanata (CA)
Assigned to BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo (CA)
Filed by BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo (CA)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,965.
Prior Publication US 2024/0134593 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0231747 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, at a vehicle, a current driving mode of the vehicle;
determining, at the vehicle, a plurality of audio output levels based on the current driving mode and one or more preconfigured audio zone profiles; and
controlling, by the vehicle, audio equipment of the vehicle to output audio according to the plurality of audio output levels, wherein the controlling audio equipment of the vehicle to output audio according to the plurality of audio output levels comprise setting values of the plurality of audio output levels by using a signal structure defined by a standardized signaling protocol.