US 12,262,190 B2
Automobile audio soundstage control
Michael Scott Dublin, Arlington, MA (US); Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Salem, NY (US); Eduardo T. Salvador, Cambridge, MA (US); and Jeffery Robert Vautin, Worcester, MA (US)
Assigned to Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/253,208
Filed by Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036448
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/245793, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Application 17/253,208 is a continuation of application No. 16/398,851, filed on Apr. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,681,484, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 16/398,851 is a continuation of application No. 16/010,705, filed on Jun. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,313,819, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120357 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/302 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an audio system with at least two inputs in an automobile, the method comprising:
receiving at least one user interface command to modify a spatial placement of audio output from the audio system in the automobile,
wherein the user interface command comprises a user profile command or a preset command attributed to a user of the automobile, wherein the user profile command or the preset command is obtained from an identification file attributed to the user,
wherein the audio system comprises a set of speakers that provides the audio output across a soundstage with a left channel output and a right channel output; and
adjusting a perceived location of at least one of the left channel output or the right channel output from the audio system based upon the at least one user interface command to modify the spatial placement of the audio output,
wherein the soundstage further comprises a phantom center image between the left channel output and the right channel output, wherein the phantom center image of the audio output comprises a designated position of sound produced by the set of speakers other than physical locations of the set of speakers in the audio system.