The disclosure relates to a method and system for providing Multi SIM Multi Active, MSMA, functionality to an electronic control unit, ECU. The MSMA device comprises a housing, comprising at least one wireless network access device, NAD, at least one antenna and an interface configured to communicatively couple the NAD to at least one external ECU, in particular an ECU of a vehicle, to provide at least one additional independent network access channel for the ECU.
H04W 4/44 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
H04W 4/60 - Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
A loudspeaker arrangement (800) having first and second loudspeakers mechanically coupled to each other. Either a first side of a first sound radiating surface faces a first side of a second sound radiating surface, and the first side of the first sound radiating surface and the first side of the second sound radiating surface both face a first cavity having a first opening facing towards an internal air volume, or a second side of the first sound radiating surface faces a second side of the second sound radiating surface, the first side of the first sound radiating surface faces a second cavity having a second opening facing towards the internal air volume, and the first side of the second sound radiating surface faces a third cavity separate and distinct from the second cavity, the third cavity has a third opening facing towards the internal air volume.
H04R 1/24 - Structural combinations of separate transducers or of parts of the same transducer and responsive respectively to two or more frequency ranges
A computer-implemented method for configuring a virtual assistant device, the method comprising: setting a first user request to be input via a user interface of the virtual assistant device; associating the first user request with a first output of the virtual assistant device; associating the first user request with a second output of the virtual assistant device; setting a control parameter to be determined by the virtual assistant device; and generating instructions for the virtual assistant which, when processed by the virtual assistant, configure the virtual assistant device to respond to the first user request by selecting either the first output or the second output depending on the determination of the control parameter by the virtual assistant device.
A driver assistance system comprising a plurality of monitoring units, each of the plurality of monitoring units mounted to a different one of a plurality of vehicles, and a central server. Each of the plurality of monitoring units is configured to determine a distraction level of a driver of the respective vehicle, and, if it is determined that the driver distraction level exceeds a predetermined threshold, transmit a distraction information message to the central server, wherein the distraction information message includes information about the distraction level and the position at which the distraction level occurred. The central server is configured to collect and evaluate the distraction information messages received from different ones of the plurality of monitoring units, and, the central server is configured to provide notifications to following vehicles that are determined to pass the location on their planned route.
A driver assistance system for a vehicle, the driver assistance system comprising a camera mounted on the vehicle and configured to capture one or more images inside and/or outside of the vehicle, and a processing unit, wherein the camera has a defined field of view FOV, the camera comprises an optical lens that causes a distortion of the captured images, the processing unit is configured to perform distortion compensation on the images captured by the camera, wherein a pixel density in the resulting compensated images is increased in defined areas of the image due to the distortion, and the defined areas of increased pixel density in the compensated images correspond to a region of interest ROI within the image, wherein the region of interest ROI is smaller than the field of view FOV of the camera.
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G06V 20/59 - Context or environment of the image inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
B60R 1/28 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with an adjustable field of view
B60Q 9/00 - Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups
A driver attention system is configured to determine a drowsiness level of a driver of a vehicle by means of data provided by a monitoring unit configured to determine one or more driver parameters based on the current drowsiness level, determine a current driver focus level and an estimated time of remaining driver focus level, wherein the driver focus level is inversely proportional to the drowsiness level, and determine an estimated remaining travel time until a desired destination is reached by means of data provided by a navigation system. During selected conditions, a binaural beat at 20 Hz or higher is generated via at least two first loudspeakers of an audio system of the vehicle, wherein the binaural beat is audible for the driver.
The disclosure relates to an antenna system comprising: a transceiver & control unit configured to control the antenna system and to generate a RF transceiver signal; a compensator connected to the transceiver & control unit through a connecting line, the compensator being configured to compensate for signal losses occurring for the RF transceiver signal in the connecting line between the transceiver & control unit and the compensator an antenna interface provided at the compensator configured to transmit an antenna output signal with a variable output power; and a bidirectional communication line configured to provide a bidirectional communication between the compensator and the transceiver & control unit, wherein the transceiver & control unit is configured to indicate to the compensator through the bidirectional communication line a desired value of the variable output power to be present at the antenna interface when the antenna output signal is output by the antenna interface.
H04B 1/58 - Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa
A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a mid-range loudspeaker arranged in a dashboard of a vehicle, a first tweeter arranged adjacent to the mid-range loudspeaker in the dashboard of the vehicle, and a second tweeter arranged adjacent to the mid-range loudspeaker in the dashboard of the vehicle. The mid-range loudspeaker is arranged between the first tweeter and the second tweeter. The mid-range loudspeaker is a non-directional loudspeaker that radiates sound towards a driver’s seat and towards a passenger seat in equal parts. The first tweeter is a directional loudspeaker that radiates sound primarily towards the passenger seat, and the second tweeter is a directional loudspeaker that radiates sound primarily towards the driver’s seat.
System and computer-implemented method for determining a cognitive demand level of a user, the method comprising: recording, as a first training data subset, one or more first biosignals of a user, wherein the user is occupied with at least one first task, training an artificial neural network on a training dataset to determine a cognitive demand level indicative of cognitive demand the user is experiencing; recording one or more second biosignals of a user of a vehicle as an input dataset; and processing the input dataset by the trained artificial neural network to determine the cognitive demand level indicative of cognitive demand the user is experiencing.
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
G06V 20/59 - Context or environment of the image inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
G06V 40/18 - Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
A microphone arrangement comprises a microphone array comprising at least two microphones, each of the at least two microphones providing a microphone output signal, a first adder, configured to provide a microphone array output signal by summing delayed versions of the microphone output signals of each of the at least two microphones, a first filter unit, configured to provide a filtered microphone array output signal, a second filter unit configured to provide a filtered microphone output signal of one of the at least two microphones, and a second adder, configured to provide an output microphone signal by summing the filtered microphone array output signal and the filtered microphone output signal.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
11.
SYSTEM HAVING DETACHED EMERGENCY CALL UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
The invention relates to a system for a motor vehicle having a control unit, which is connected to a communication bus of the motor vehicle, and an emergency call unit which is designed to make an emergency call to an emergency call center, wherein the emergency call unit is connected to the control unit via an interface and can operate in a first operating mode, which corresponds to the normal operation of the emergency call unit, in which the control unit controls the emergency call unit and supplies it with energy via the interface, and in a second operating mode, in which the emergency call unit is designed to make the emergency call to the emergency call center without control and energy by way of the control unit. The emergency call unit is only connected via the interface and not directly to the communication bus.
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
12.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEARTBEAT CHARACTERISTICS
The disclosure relates to a method including: capturing a first set of image frames, wherein the first set of image frames includes a representation of a users face; identifying at least one skin patch of the users face that is represented in the first set of frames; determining a light source configuration and transmitting the light source configuration to a first light source; illuminating, by the first light source, the at least one skin patch according to the light source configuration; capturing a second set of image frames, wherein the second set of image frames includes a representation of the at least one skin patch illuminated by the first light source according to the light source configuration; and processing one or more of the second set of image frames using remote photo-plethysmography, rPPG. The disclosure also relates to a system configured to perform the method.
The present disclosure relates to an illumination module for a speaker in an automotive vehicle. According to one aspect, there is provided an illumination module for a speaker, the illumination module comprising: a holder configured to be attachable to the speaker; one or more light sources for emitting light; and one or more lenses for projecting light from the one or more light sources onto an illuminable area of the speaker.
The disclosure relates to a vehicle window, a display system, a method for controlling and manufacturing the vehicle window and an automotive vehicle. The vehicle window comprises a first transparent layer and at least a second transparent layer, wherein at least a first synthetical layer is arranged between the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer. Furthermore, at least one LED array is arranged between the first synthetical layer and the first transparent layer and covers at least a first area of the vehicle window. The LED array is configured to not emit light in a first operation mode and wherein the LED array is configured to at least partially emit light in at least a second operation mode.
The invention relates to a method carried out at a navigation device, comprising: - determining a position of the navigation device, - transmitting the determined position via a cellular network to a server, - receiving location data from the server related to at least one point of interest, located within a certain distance to the determined position, the location data providing details about the at least one point of interest, - providing the location data to a user of the navigation device.
Examples are disclosed of systems (100) and methods (400) for developing personalized intervention strategies for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) based on in-cabin sensing data and related driving context information. In one embodiment, a method for a vehicle comprises, generating a driver profile of a driver of the vehicle, the driver profile including driving style data of the driver, the driving style data including at least a braking style; an acceleration style; a steering style; and one or more preferred cruising speeds of the driver; estimating a cognitive state of a driver of a vehicle; and adjusting one or more actuator controls of an ADAS based on the estimated cognitive state of the driver, the driver profile of the driver, and route/traffic info of the vehicle.
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
B60W 10/184 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems with wheel brakes
B60W 10/20 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of steering systems
A loudspeaker comprises a first diaphragm, a second passive diaphragm, and a drive unit coupled to the first diaphragm. The drive unit is configured to drive the first diaphragm in a direction of excursion upon applying electrical energy to the drive unit. The second passive diaphragm is arranged opposing the first diaphragm. The second passive diaphragm is mainly driven by sound waves emitted from the first diaphragm.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
Examples are disclosed for systems and methods for increasing a performance of a driver monitoring system (DMS) based on contextual information within a cabin of the vehicle. In one embodiment, a method comprises, during operation of a vehicle by a driver, collecting vehicle environment status information inside a cabin of the vehicle, the vehicle environment status information related to environmental factors that may impact a cognitive load of the driver and including at least one of information regarding one or more passengers of the vehicle; and information from one or more dashboard controls of the vehicle; and based on the vehicle environment status information and an estimated physiological state of the driver, adjusting one or more environmental controls of the vehicle.
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
19.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NAVIGATION GUIDANCE BASED ON DRIVER STATE EVENTS
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating and displaying navigation guidance by utilizing data acquired by an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) for driver behavior prediction and route planning. In embodiments, a method comprises generating navigation guidance based on a plurality of driver state events detected via an ADAS, and outputting the navigation guidance via a navigation system, wherein the navigation guidance comprises at least one of a map layer and a route recommendation.
The disclosure relates to a method and system for adjusting audio signals by a digital signal processor (DSP). The method comprises receiving an audio signal, adjusting the audio signal and transferring the adjusted audio signal to be output by one or more speakers. The method further comprises receiving sensor data indicative of an air environment around the one or more speakers and adjusting the audio signal based on the sensor data. The method and system may be employed in a vehicle.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
A loudspeaker comprises a diaphragm, a tubular voice coil assembly coupled to the diaphragm, a magnet assembly providing an annular gap in which the tubular voice coil assembly is arranged, and a flexible suspension. A longitudinal axis of the tubular voice coil assembly extends along a central axis of the loudspeaker. A longitudinal axis of the annular gap extends along the central axis of the loudspeaker. The flexible suspension has a disc shape and is configured to guide a movement of the tubular voice coil assembly along the central axis of the loudspeaker. The flexible suspension extends substantially perpendicular to the central axis. An inner diameter of the tubular voice coil assembly is greater than or equal to an outer diameter of the flexible suspension.
An electronic mirror comprises a liquid crystal cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell comprises a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules arranged between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, and an AC voltage source configured to apply an alternating voltage across the liquid crystal layer between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, wherein, when a voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer change their orientation, and the electronic mirror is configured to apply a varying voltage across the liquid crystal layer which gradually decreases from outer areas towards the center of the liquid crystal layer such that the refraction index of the liquid crystal layer gradually varies from outer areas towards the center of the liquid crystal layer.
B60R 1/08 - Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots
B60R 1/25 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view to the sides of the vehicle
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
B60R 1/26 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view to the rear of the vehicle
G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
23.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE COCKPIT CONTROLLER
Embodiments are disclosed for a system for coupling with at least one vehicle cable for communication with components of an infotainment system. In one example, the system includes a housing and a domain controller with hardware components enclosed within the housing. The system may further include a first connector interface arranged at a first side of the housing, the first connector interface including all connections for the domain controller.
G06F 15/78 - Architectures of general purpose stored program computers comprising a single central processing unit
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
A calibration arrangement comprises a floor space configured to form a parking area for a vehicle, and a calibration pattern visible on the floor surrounding the floor space. A first portion of the calibration pattern is arranged on a first side of the floor space, and a second portion of the calibration pattern is arranged on a second side of the floor space, opposite the first side. Each of the first portion and the second portion of the calibration pattern comprises a plurality of identical first sub-patterns and a second sub-pattern different from the first sub-patterns. The first and second sides of the floor space have a first length. The first portion and the second portion of the calibration pattern each have a second length in a direction that is parallel to the first and second sides of the floor space, the second length being greater than the first length.
G06T 7/80 - Analysis of captured images to determine intrinsic or extrinsic camera parameters, i.e. camera calibration
B60R 1/27 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
25.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE COCKPIT CONTROLLER WITH GENERIC AND RECONFIGURABLE CAR-INTERFACE
Embodiments are disclosed for a standardized car interface for cockpit controllers in vehicles. In one example, a system for coupling a vehicle cable for communication with components of an infotainment system, comprises: a housing, a domain controller, and a first connector interface including all connections for the domain controller. In the event that a first domain controller is exchanged for a second domain controller, a collection of user preferences may be transferred between the first domain controller to the second domain controller.
A method for audio processing, the method comprising: determining at least one input audio object that includes an input audio object signal and an input audio object location, wherein the input audio object location includes a distance and a direction relative to a listener location; depending on the distance, applying a delay, a gain, and/or a spectral modification to the input audio object signal to produce a first dry signal; depending on the direction, panning the first dry signal to the locations of a plurality of speakers around the listener location to produce a second dry signal; depending on one or more predetermined room characteristics, generating an artificial reverberation signal from the input audio object signal; mixing the second dry signal and the artificial reverberation signal to produce a multichannel audio signal; and outputting each channel of the multichannel audio signal by one of the plurality of speakers.
H04S 5/00 - Pseudo-stereo systems, e.g. in which additional channel signals are derived from monophonic signals by means of phase shifting, time delay or reverberation
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
The present disclosure provides to a housing configured to receive an earbud. The housing comprises two power providing charging electrodes configured to charge the earbud when the earbud is positioned in the housing. The housing further comprises a first magnetic element arranged in the housing and having a geometry such that the first magnetic element encircles at least one electrode of the at least two electrodes, where the first magnetic element is configured to generate an attractive force for the earbud in combination with a second magnetic element provided in the earbud.
H01R 13/24 - Contacts for co-operating by abutting resiliently mounted
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H01R 43/26 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device
A loudspeaker arrangement (500, 1100) comprises a first loudspeaker (510, 1110) comprising a first sound radiating surface and a first speaker basket (516), and a second loudspeaker (520, 1120) comprising a second sound radiating surface and a second speaker basket (526). The first loudspeaker (510, 1110) and the second loudspeaker (520, 1120) are arranged opposite each other in a first direction (y). A cavity (1130) is formed between a front side of the first loudspeaker (510, 1110) and a front side of the second loudspeaker (520, 1120). The first loudspeaker basket (516) is directly coupled to the second loudspeaker basket (526), thereby forming a third projection (540, 1140) that defines an opening (532, 1132) of the cavity (1130). The third projection (540, 1140) forms a first point of contact on a first side of the loudspeaker arrangement (500, 1100). The first loudspeaker basket (516) and the second loudspeaker basket (526) further form at least one additional point of contact (1190) at a second side of the loudspeaker arrangement (500, 1100), opposite the first side in a second direction (z), wherein the second direction (z) is perpendicular to the first direction (y). The first point of contact is configured to accommodate a first elastic cord (542, 1142), wherein the first elastic cord (542, 1142), when arranged on the first point of contact, forms a closed loop in a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the second direction (z), and each of the at least one additional point of contact (1190) is configured to accommodate a second elastic cord (592a) and a third elastic cord (592b) such that each of the second elastic cord (592a) and the third elastic cord (592b), when arranged on the respective additional point of contact (1190), form a closed loop, the closed loop forming an opening that is arranged in a plane (P1', P2') that is arranged at an angle (α) of between 70° and 90° with respect to a vertical plane defined by the first direction (y) and the second direction (z).
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
A noise suppression method includes transforming a time-domain input signal into an input spectrum that is the spectrum of the input signal, the input signal comprising speech components and noise components, and the input spectrum comprising a speech spectrum that is the spectrum of the speech components and a noise spectrum that is the spectrum of the noise components, smoothing magnitudes of the input spectrum to provide a smoothed-magnitude input spectrum, and estimating basic suppression filter coefficients from the input spectrum and the smoothed input spectrum. The method further includes determining noise suppression filter coefficients from the estimated basic suppression filter coefficients and a spectral correlation factor, the spectral correlation factor indicating whether speech is present in the input signal or not, filtering the input spectrum based on the noise suppression filter coefficients to generate an output spectrum; and transforming the output spectrum into a time-domain output signal.
G10L 25/78 - Detection of presence or absence of voice signals
G10L 25/06 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being correlation coefficients
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
A loudspeaker including a first diaphragm, a second diaphragm spaced from the first diaphragm, a first voice coil coupled to the first diaphragm, a second voice coil coupled to the second diaphragm, and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly includes a magnet, a magnetic piece and a spacer of non-magnetic material connecting the magnet and the magnetic piece such that a gap is provided between the magnet and the magnetic piece. The first voice coil is arranged at a first end of the gap and the second voice coil is arranged at a second end of the gap opposite the first end of the gap.
The aspects disclosed herein generally provide a method and a system of real-time data monitoring for a vehicle. The method comprises packaging monitoring data into one or more physical Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) channels according to a data package protocol; transferring the packaged monitoring data via a A2B bus; and unpackaging the transferred data and displaying the unpackaged monitoring data.
The present disclosure provides a power filter. The power filter may include an overvoltage protection circuit and an LC filter circuit connected to the overvoltage protection circuit, wherein the overvoltage protection circuit includes a voltage regulator and a peak compensation circuit. The peak compensation circuit is configured to generate a gain peak at a resonance frequency of the LC filter circuit, so as to compensate for a gain dip at the voltage regulator stage occurring at the resonance frequency of the LC filter circuit.
H02M 1/32 - Means for protecting converters other than by automatic disconnection
H02M 1/44 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters
H02M 3/155 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
A method comprises outputting at least one test signal to a listening environment via a loudspeaker, receiving each of the at least one test signal via a microphone arranged in the listening environment, determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the microphone in the listening environment with respect to the loudspeaker at the time of receipt of each of the at least one test signal, evaluating the test signals received by the microphone, and determining at least one aspect related to at least one transfer function based on the evaluation of the test signal and on at least one of the position and the orientation of the microphone.
H04R 1/32 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only
G01S 1/72 - Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith using ultrasonic, sonic, or infrasonic waves
34.
INFECTION PREVENTION METHOD AND SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH NAVIGATION SYSTEM
An infection prevention method in conjunction with a navigation system of a vehicle and an infection prevention system are provided. The infection prevention method comprises: receiving infection information from an external source; identifying risk area (s) in a navigation map of the navigation system based on the received infection information; calculating a navigation route or a driving route in the navigation map based on the identified risk area (s) to avoid or minimize entering or driving in the identified risk area (s). The infection prevention system comprises a processor configured to perform the infection prevention method.
G16H 50/80 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
The disclosure relates to a method and system for providing visual guidance to a driver of a vehicle. The method comprises detecting, by a plurality of sensors of the vehicle, sensor data representing a vehicle environment; dynamically displaying, by a display of the vehicle, a visual representation of the vehicle environment; overlaying the visual representation with one or more first visual elements representing a proposed trajectory of a maneuver of the vehicle within the vehicle environment.
A method for designing a line array loudspeaker arrangement comprises providing a loudspeaker arrangement based on design start parameters and including at least a vertical front array and measuring the frequency responses of the loudspeaker arrangement with bypassed or omitted electronic filters at predefined horizontal angle increments. The method further comprises computing combined beam forming and crossover filter frequency responses for the vertical front array based on the measured frequency responses of the loudspeaker arrangement and first target frequency responses at various frequency points and various positions; and computing combined equalizing and crossover filter frequency responses for the vertical front array based on second target frequency responses, the combined equalizing and crossover filter frequency responses being configured to obtain acoustic linear phase responses of the loudspeaker arrangement.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
37.
MATCHED AND EQUALIZED MICROPHONE OUTPUT OF AUTOMOTIVE MICROPHONE SYSTEMS
A vehicle microphone system may include at least two microphones forming a microphone array, at least one loudspeaker configured to emit audio signals. a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to receive incoming audio signals from the microphone array, determine at least one parameter for each channel of the microphone array, determine at least one filter to apply to at least one channel based on a difference between the parameters of each channel, and store the at least one filter in the memory.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
A telematics unit which comprises: a first processor which is designed to establish a connection to the Internet, and a second processor which is designed to enable a wireless communication of the telematics unit with external units, wherein the telematics unit is designed to be arranged in a vehicle, and the first processor and the second processor are arranged in one and the same housing.
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth techniques for providing speed limit information to a vehicle. In an aspect, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a vehicle, navigation information associated with the vehicle; determining one or more predicted positions associated with the vehicle based on the navigation information; determining one or more candidate map regions associated with the vehicle based on the one or more predicted positions; associating corresponding speed limit information with each of the one or more candidate map regions; and transmitting, to the vehicle, the one or more candidate map regions; wherein the one or more candidate map regions are usable by the vehicle to provide speed limit information to a driver of the vehicle.
G01C 21/36 - Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
G01C 21/00 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
A display unit comprising a touch surface touchable by a user, a drive unit for moving the touch surface when the touch surface is touched, in particular for haptic feedback to the user, and at least one damping element, which damps mechanical oscillations of the movement of the touch surface. Each damping element comprises an elastic element and a pressure setting element (for example, a valve). This pressure setting element is designed to fill the elastic element in a variable or settable manner with gas for the damping. The damping properties of the display unit can thus be set arbitrarily via the gas pressure inside the elastic element.
A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a frame including at least two mounting fixtures and a connecting element. The connecting element connects the at least two mounting fixtures to each other. The loudspeaker arrangement further comprises at least two loudspeakers. Each of the at least two loudspeakers is arranged in a different one of the at least two mounting fixtures. The loudspeaker arrangement further comprises an amplifier configured to amplify audio signals to be reproduced by the at least two loudspeakers. The amplifier is mechanically coupled to the connecting element between the at least two mounting fixtures.
The invention relates to a sensor unit configured to determine an acceleration of a touch display surface, the sensor comprising: - a housing, - a contact element movably mounted along a first axis and configured to come into contact with the touch display surface, wherein the contact element is moved along the first axis when coming into contact with the touch display surface, - an acceleration sensor movably mounted in the housing at least along the first axis, - a biasing element located on one side of the acceleration sensor and configured to bias the acceleration sensor in one of the 2 directions along the first axis, wherein the contact element is movably mounted on the other side of the acceleration sensor opposite the biasing element and is coupled to the acceleration sensor to move the acceleration sensor against the bias of the biasing element in the other of the 2 directions along the first axis when contacting the touch display surface.
A display device with adjustable viewing angle is provided, which includes a display unit with a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel array and emitting light for displaying image information to a user, a plurality of electro-optical lenses with adjustable optical power arranged in a lens array at the display unit, wherein each electro-optical lens is adjustable between a public mode, in which the electro-optical lens is configured to project light from the display unit towards the user within a first viewing angle, and a privacy mode, in which the electro-optical lens is configured to project the light towards the user within a second viewing angle, smaller than the first viewing angle.
G02F 1/29 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
B60K 35/00 - Arrangement or adaptations of instruments
A loudspeaker grille comprises a carrier element, which comprises a plurality of openings through a front surface, and a cover element to be attached to the front surface, which comprises a plurality of openings corresponding to the openings of the carrier element. The cover element is attached to the carrier front surface, wherein the cover element covers at least part of the front surface of the carrier element, and wherein the openings of the carrier element and the cover element are aligned with each other. The cover element is made of a flexible organic material, in particular a compound material with an organic outer surface layer, such as cork-leather.
A computer-implemented method and a system for determining one or more biosignals of a user are disclosed herein. The method comprises collecting first data from at least one first sensor for detecting a first signal including said one or more biosignals; collecting second data from at least one second sensor for detecting a second signal, the second signal including a signal overlaying the one or more biosignals in the first signal; processing said first and second data using a neural network that has been trained using a reference signal for said one or more biosignals, thereby to extract said one or more biosignals from the first signal. The method and system allow for the determination of biosignals with improved quality and accuracy.
A method for controlling an audio device, the method comprising: receiving an input representing at least one acoustic or haptic pattern; determining an audio file containing the pattern; controlling the audio device to indicate or play back the audio file.
A touch panel system is provided, which comprises a display unit, a touch sensor structure and a coverglass. A user touches the coverglass during touch input to the touch sensor structure, and the coverglass is configured to be moved relative to the display unit for providing haptical feedback to the user. Therein, the coverglass is mounted in a predetermined distance d from the display unit such that the coverglass and the display unit are decoupled from each other by an empty space to define opposite internal surfaces, which are coated with an anti-reflecting coating such as a moth eye film.
In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker arrangement for a vehicle is provided. The loudspeaker arrangement includes a surround sound loudspeaker arrangement and at least one proximity woofer. The surround sound loudspeaker arrangement includes a plurality of surround woofers being positioned in a listening environment in the vehicle that defines a plurality of sounds zones to provide a first low frequency audio output having a first sound pressure level within the vehicle. The at least one proximity woofer is positioned about a first seat in a first sound zone of the vehicle, the at least one proximity woofer being configured to provide a second low frequency audio output in the first sound zone of the vehicle. The second low frequency audio output as provided by the at least one proximity woofer modifies the first sound pressure level to provide a target sound pressure level.
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
B60N 2/879 - Head-rests with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers
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HAPTICAL FEEDBACK BASED ON ELECTRO-ADHESION ON A 3-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE OF A USER CONTROL
A user control with haptical feedback on a 3 -dimensional touch surface is provided. The control includes a 3 -dimensional touch surface to be touched by a user with an electrode structure arranged at least partly on it. The electrode structure is configured to provide haptical feedback to the user based on electro-adhesion between the user and the control. The user control with haptical feedback on a 3 -dimensional touch surface is electrically contacted using a contacting surface, on which an anisotropic conducting film layer and a flexible printed circuit are arranged.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
B60K 35/00 - Arrangement or adaptations of instruments
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
G06F 3/04883 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
50.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING SOUND OF VEHICLE GEAR-SHIFTING
The disclosure provides a method and a system for generating simulated engine sounds for simulated gear-shifting of a vehicle. The method may comprise mapping a plurality of operating conditions of the vehicle to a plurality of respective simulated gears, wherein each of the operating conditions is associated with a throttle position and a vehicle speed. The method may further comprise configuring a plurality of simulated gear-shifting conditions based on threshold throttle positions and threshold vehicle speeds for simulated gear-shifting among respective simulated gears, wherein for each gear-shifting condition, at least some of the threshold vehicle speeds vary dependent of the throttle positions. The method may further comprise receiving a first operating condition of the vehicle, and selecting a first simulated gear from a plurality of respective simulated gears in response to the received first operating condition of the vehicle; generating a first engine sound signal corresponding to the first simulated gear; receiving a second operating condition of the vehicle; determining a gear-shifting from the first simulated gear to a second simulated gear if the second operation condition reaches one of the plurality of simulated gear-shifting conditions; and generating a second engine sound signal corresponding to the second simulated gear.
A loudspeaker arrangement (800) comprises a first loudspeaker (810) comprising a first sound radiating surface, a second loudspeaker (820) comprising a second sound radiating surface, and an enclosure (834). The first loudspeaker (810) is mechanically coupled to the second loudspeaker (820), the enclosure (834) encloses the second side of the first sound radiating surface and the second side of the second sound radiating surface, the enclosure (834) comprises a port (892) coupling a back cavity (890) inside the enclosure (834) to outside air, and either a first side of the first sound radiating surface faces a first side of the second sound radiating surface, and the first side of the first sound radiating surface and the first side of the second sound radiating surface both face a first cavity (830), the first cavity (830) comprising a first opening (832) facing towards an internal air volume, or a second side of the first sound radiating surface faces a second side of the second sound radiating surface, the first side of the first sound radiating surface faces a second cavity (930a), the second cavity (930a) comprising a second opening (932a) facing towards the internal air volume, and the first side of the second sound radiating surface faces a third cavity (930b) separate and distinct from the second cavity (930a), the third cavity (930b) comprising a third opening (932b) facing towards the internal air volume.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
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EARPHONE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EARPHONE SYSTEM
An earphone system comprises at least one earphone configured to be inserted in an ear of a user, wherein each of the at least one earphone comprises at least one sound reproduction unit, and a remote unit that is separate from each of the at least one earphone, wherein the remote unit comprises at least one microphone configured to capture ambient sound. The remote unit is configured to evaluate, analyze and/or process the ambient sound captured by the at least one microphone, to determine one or more of at least one ambient sound parameter, at least one control parameter, and at least one control command, based at least on the evaluation, analysis and/or processing of the ambient sound, and to send the at least one ambient sound parameter, the at least one control parameter and/or the at least one control command to the at least one earphone.
G10K 11/175 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
A generic domain compute system that is customizable for at least one domain or zone compute in a vehicle having a gateway power and control (GAPAC). The GAPAC has a power supply, a scalable microcontroller, a power management integrated circuit, a set of standardized and scalable external connectors for external inter-connections for Ethernet and car connector, a standard and scalable internal connector for internal inter-connections for power, control and generic busses. At least a first compute extension (COMEX) has a standard and scalable connecter internally connected to the GAPAC. The COMEX has a scalable microcontroller, a power management integrated circuit and a set of standardized and scalable connectors for external inter-connections. The COMEX is supplied with a permanent voltage from the GAPAC power supply. The microcontrollers, external connectors and internal connectors are scaled according to the domain or zone compute application.
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
Methods and systems are provided for an automatic noise control system. Automatic noise control includes evaluating an amplitude of an acceleration acting on an acceleration sensor and generating a reference signal representative of the amplitude of the acceleration, the acceleration being representative of unwanted noise sound generated by a noise source, filtering the reference signal with a noise control transfer function to generate an anti-noise signal, and converting with a loudspeaker the anti-noise signal into anti-noise sound.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
Methods and systems are provided for automatic noise control. Automatic noise control includes controlling a shadow noise control transfer function based on a shadow error signal and a filtered or unfiltered reference signal, generating the shadow error signal based on a filtered or unfiltered shadow anti-noise signal and an error signal, and substituting the noise control transfer function by the shadow noise control transfer function if the shadow error signal is smaller than the error signal.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
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System and method for providing stereo image enhancement of a multi-channel loudspeaker setup
In at least one embodiment, an audio system is provided. At least one controller is programmed to encode a first and second audio component and to generate a first and a second encoded audio component. The at least one controller is programmed to apply a first gain to at least one of the first encoded audio component and the second encoded audio component to generate at least one of a first and second increased encoded audio component and to decode the at least one of the first and the second increased encoded audio component to generate at least one of a first and second decoded audio component. The at least one controller is further programmed to amplitude pan the at least one of the first and the second decoded audio component to increase a stereo width for an audio output transmitted by a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
H04S 3/00 - Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic
Method and system for determining one or more heart beat features using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG). The method, comprising capturing a series of images of a user in a car by a camera in the car, wherein each image comprises one or more colour signals; for each of the images: locating a face of the user in the image; determining a boundary in the image, wherein the face is located within the boundary; detecting one or more facial features within the boundary; and based on the detected facial features, determining one or more regions in the image representing skin patches in the face; analysing the colour signals in the regions representing the skin patches; and determining one or more heart beat features based on the analysis. The method further comprising selecting one or more pulse waves and/or frequency spectra of one or more skin patches reaching a predetermined level of similarity and/or a predetermined level of noise for further analysis and discarding all other pulse waves and/or frequency spectra. The method improves speed and accuracy of determining one or more heart beat features using rPPG.
A system and method for generating a virtual soundstage in a listening environment having a compact speaker array centrally positioned in a listening environment. A listener is sitting offset from the speaker array and the virtual soundstage is generated in front of a listener. A signal processing unit is configured to receive an incoming audio signal, to process left and right channel signals of the incoming audio signal to generate a null, and to steer the null toward one ear of a listener thereby generating a virtual sound source that is offset from the center of the listening environment. Virtual sound sources are generated in front of, to the left of, and to the right of the listener.
H04S 3/00 - Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic
H04R 1/26 - Spatial arrangement of separate transducers responsive to two or more frequency ranges
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
An in-vehicle control device a mainboard with at least one connection exposed at a first panel of a housing. One or more connectors in a second panel of the housing are interconnected with the mainboard and accessible from outside the housing for connecting the mainboard to a vehicle system. A mounting frame cooperates with the housing at the first panel of the housing exposing the connection to the mainboard, and at least one interchangeable node, computing node and/or connectivity node, is detachably connected to the mounting frame. The at least one interchangeable node has a connector for connecting to the mainboard, and at least one System-on-a-Chip (SoC) having scalable performance capabilities, or a high-performance antenna.
A microphone assembly for a vehicle headliner includes a housing arranged to be received within a substrate layer of the headliner and having an upper portion and a lower portion. A circuit board is mounted in the upper portion and has a microphone element coupled thereto. An insert bracket includes a base and a shaft member extending upwardly therefrom, the base having a plurality of apertures aligned with the shaft member, wherein the shaft member engages the lower portion to connect the insert bracket to the housing. A sealing gasket having at least one channel defining an air path extending therethrough is arranged to be received within the shaft member and extend between the base and the upper portion, providing acoustic sealing between the insert bracket and the housing such that the air path directs sound from a cabin of the vehicle through the apertures to the microphone element.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
A computer-implemented method for configuring a virtual assistant device, the method comprising: setting a first user request to be input via a user interface of the virtual assistant device; associating the first user request with a first output of the virtual assistant device; associating the first user request with a second output of the virtual assistant device; setting a control parameter to be determined by the virtual assistant device; and generating instructions for the virtual assistant which, when processed by the virtual assistant, configure the virtual assistant device to respond to the first user request by selecting either the first output or the second output depending on the determination of the control parameter by the virtual assistant device.
Method for determining one or more heart beat features, the method comprising: capturing a series of visible light images of a face of a user by a visible light camera; capturing, during capturing the series of the visible light images, at least one infrared image of the face by an infrared camera; detecting, on the at least one infrared image, one or more first face landmarks indicative of a location of the face; locating one or more skin patches on the visible light image series; and determining one or more heart beat features based on the skin patches; characterized in that locating one or more skin patches comprises determining a position of the skin patches relative to the one or more first face landmarks.
Computer-implemented method for determining an eye movement, the method comprising: recording a series of images of an eye of a person with a camera; generating a first signal indicative of eye openness depending on time; and for each point in time, determining whether the first signal indicates an open eye, a closed eye, or is inconclusive as to whether the eye is open or closed, depending on whether the first signal exceeds a predetermined first threshold; characterized in that the determination further depends on one or more predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria comprise minimum and maximum values for one or more of a blink duration, a number of blinks per minute, a time between blinks, and a maximum blink velocity during a movement of the eyelid when the eye is being opened and/or closed.
A system for generating silent zones at a listening position comprises a first loudspeaker disposed at a first position and configured to radiate sound that corresponds to a sound signal. A first microphone picks up noise radiated by a noise source to the listening position and generates a first microphone signal. A second loudspeaker disposed at a second position that radiates sound. A second microphone that generates a second microphone signal. A third microphone disposed at a third position that generates a third microphone signal. An active noise cancellation (ANC) controller that receives the third microphone signal and at least one of the first and second microphone signals and that provides a loudspeaker input signal. A distance between the third position and the first position equals a distance between the third position and the second position such that the first, second and third microphones form corners of an isosceles triangle.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
A sound system configured to output sound signals to a user located in a defined environment, comprising a plurality of transducers configured to output the sound signals, a processing unit configured to individually control at least an electrical delay, a frequency characteristic and a sound level with which the sound signals transmitted to the plurality of transducers are output by each of the plurality of transducers, and a seat for a user to which the sound signals are output, the seat comprising a seating surface and a backrest configured support a back of the user sitting on the seating surface. The backrest comprises an upper surface defining an upper end surface of the backrest. The defined environment influences the sound signals as perceived by the user sitting on the seat.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
System and computer-implemented method for determining a cognitive demand level of a user, the method comprising: recording, as a first training data subset, one or more first biosignals of a user, wherein the user is occupied with at least one first task, training an artificial neural network on a training dataset to determine a cognitive demand level indicative of cognitive demand the user is experiencing; recording one or more second biosignals of a user of a vehicle as an input dataset; and processing the input dataset by the trained artificial neural network to determine the cognitive demand level indicative of cognitive demand the user is experiencing.
A method for managing a memory for an onboard computer in a motor vehicle is provided. The method includes: determining, at regular time intervals, a degree of wear of the memory depending on an amount of data written into the memory; and if the degree of wear exceeds a specified target value: changing a coding of one or more cells of the memory from a physical coding of higher density to a physical coding of lower density.
The disclosure relates to a system, comprising a first circuit board comprising a control circuitry configured to control a beamforming array of microphones, and multiple second circuit boards attached to the first circuit board, each one of the multiple second circuit boards mounting a microphone of the array of microphones.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
G10L 21/0216 - Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise
69.
Cover for pressing a printed-circuit board on a heat sink
Provided is a cover for pressing a printed circuit board on a heat sink, the cover comprising a metal sheet and one or more domes arranged in the metal sheet, wherein each dome is associated with one or more slits in the shape of ring segments in the metal sheet, the ring segment-shaped slits being provided in the metal sheet side by side and spaced apart from each other, the ring segment-shaped slits surrounding the dome they are associated with. At least at one end of each ring segment-shaped slit a slit extension may be provided in the metal sheet, the slit extension at least in part pointing away from the dome the ring segment-shaped slit is associated with. Further provided is an electronic appliance that includes such a cover, a heat sink and an electronic circuit board sandwiched there between.
A method for determining a position of a phase centre of an antenna arranged in a mobile device, in particular a vehicle, wherein the antenna is operable to receive satellite signals in a global navigation satellite system, the method comprising: receiving, with the antenna, satellite signals from satellites of the global navigation satellite system; determining a direction from which the satellite signals are received based on the received satellite signals; and determining the position of the phase centre of the antenna based on the direction from which the satellite signals are received and stored correlation information indicative of a correlation between the position of the phase centre and the direction from which the satellite signals are received.
A computer-implemented method for configuring one or more systems related to the operation of a vehicle includes: in response to receiving input data indicative of a user being about to initiate an operation of the vehicle: determining an identity of the user, loading first data representative of one or more mapping rules from a first memory device, selecting and loading second data representative of one or more generic settings from a second memory device, wherein selecting the data is based on the identity of the user, transforming, based on the mapping rules, the generic settings into vehicle-specific settings, and configuring, based on the vehicle-specific settings, the one or more systems related to the operation of the vehicle.
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
B60R 16/037 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for occupant comfort
The disclosure is related a housing (100) configured to receive an earbud (200). The housing (100) comprises two power providing charging electrodes (120, 121) configured to charge the earbud(200) when the earbud (200) is positioned in the housing (100). The housing (100) further comprises a first magnetic element (130, 131, 170) arranged in the housing (100) and having a geometry such that it encloses at least one of the at least two power providing electrodes (120, 121), and is configured to generate an attractive force for the earbud (200) in combination with a second magnetic element (230, 231, 270) provided in the earbud(200). An earbud (200) and a system comprising a housing (100) and an earbud (200) as mentioned are also provided in this disclosure.
H04R 1/00 - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS - Details of transducers
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
A45C 11/00 - Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups
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Enhancing artificial reverberation in a noisy environment via noise-dependent compression
Techniques for regenerating reverberation include generating a reverberation signal based on a source signal and a response of a listening space, generating a compressed reverberation signal by increasing output levels of a first portion of the reverberation signal having output levels below a threshold level more than output levels of a second portion of the reverberation signal having output levels above the threshold level, and combining the compressed reverberation signal with the source signal to form an output signal for the listening space.
G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
H03M 7/30 - Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
A microphone assembly includes a shaft element that is configured to be received in an opening defined by a base substrate layer of a headliner. The shaft element defines an air path. The microphone assembly includes a microphone element mounted on a circuit board within a housing. The microphone element is aligned with the air path such that the air path directs sound from the cabin to the microphone element. A vehicle cabin side of the headliner is covered by an acoustically transparent layer such that the microphone assembly is not visible within the vehicle cabin.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
H04R 1/04 - Structural association of microphone with electric circuitry therefor
B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
The present invention relates to an antenna system which comprises a transceiver & control unit (100) configured to control the antenna system and to generate a RF transceiver signal, a compensator (200) connected to the transceiver & control unit through a connecting line, the compensator (200) being configured to compensate for signal losses occurring for the RF transceiver signal in the connecting line between the transceiver & control unit and the compensator, an antenna interface (210) provided at the compensator configured to transmit an antenna output signal with a variable output power, and a bidirectional communication line configured to provide a bidirectional communication between the compensator (200) and the transceiver & control unit (100), wherein the transceiver & control unit (100) is configured to indicate to the compensator (200) through the bidirectional communication line a desired value of the variable output power to be present at the antenna interface when the antenna output signal is output by the antenna interface.
A method and system for updating or generating global maps are described, the system adapted to perform the steps of obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors of a vehicle, the sensor data describing a plurality of objects within an area surrounding the vehicle at a time or during a time interval; generating a local map based on the sensor data, the local map indicating relative positions of at least some of the plurality of objects to each other, and indicating an absolute position of one or more of the at least some of the plurality of objects; comparing the local map with a global map; updating the global map or generating a new global map based on the comparison.
Systems and methods are provided herein for presenting information in a vehicle. In one example, a method includes determining a route from a source location to a destination location, obtaining one or more features of the route, augmenting a map of the route with the one or more features to generate an augmented map, and displaying the augmented map on a windshield of the vehicle.
A noise suppression method includes transforming a time-domain input signal into an input spectrum that is the spectrum of the input signal, the input signal comprising speech components and noise components, and the input spectrum comprising a speech spectrum that is the spectrum of the speech components and a noise spectrum that is the spectrum of the noise components, smoothing magnitudes of the input spectrum to provide a smoothed-magnitude input spectrum, and estimating basic suppression filter coefficients from the input spectrum and the smoothed input spectrum. The method further includes determining noise suppression filter coefficients from the estimated basic suppression filter coefficients and a spectral correlation factor, the spectral correlation factor indicating whether speech is present in the input signal or not, filtering the input spectrum based on the noise suppression filter coefficients to generate an output spectrum; and transforming the output spectrum into a time-domain output signal. The spectral correlation factor is determined from a scaling factor and the smoothed input spectrum, the scaling factor being determined iteratively starting from a start correlation factor. An example noise suppression structure includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions of a program and the processor configured to execute the instructions of the program, carrying out the above-described method. An example computer program product includes instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the above-described method.
G10L 21/0264 - Noise filtering characterised by the type of parameter measurement, e.g. correlation techniques, zero crossing techniques or predictive techniques
The disclosure describe a method and a system of real-time data monitoring for a vehicle. The method comprises packaging monitoring data into one or more physical Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) channels according to a data package protocol; transferring the packaged monitoring data via a A2B bus; and unpackaging the transferred data and displaying the unpackaged monitoring data.
A telematics control entity to determine position data of a vehicle having a network access entity connected to a cellular network and configured to transmit, in case of an emergency, a vehicle position via the cellular network to a service entity configured to collect the vehicle positions for a plurality of vehicles. An antenna signal interface is configured to receive satellite-based measurement data and at least one position determining unit is configured to determine positioning data of the vehicle based on the satellite-based measurement data. A predefined integrity level describing a predefined risk classification of the functional safety is guaranteed to be provided by the positioning data. The positioning data is provided to an application entity in the vehicle requiring the predefined integrity level for the received positioning data.
G08G 1/00 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles
G01S 19/08 - Cooperating elements; Interaction or communication between different cooperating elements or between cooperating elements and receivers providing integrity information, e.g. health of satellites or quality of ephemeris data
G01S 19/20 - Integrity monitoring, fault detection or fault isolation of space segment
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
G08G 1/123 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles
H04W 4/46 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
H04W 84/02 - Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
A method comprises outputting at least one test signal (Sn) to a listening environment (30) by means of a loudspeaker (10), receiving each of the at least one test signal (Sn) by means of a microphone (22) arranged in the listening environment (30), determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the microphone (22) in the listening environment (30) with respect to the loudspeaker (10) at the time of receipt of each of the at least one test signal (Sn), evaluating the test signals (Sn) received by the microphone (22), and determining at least one aspect related to at least one transfer function based on the evaluation of the test signal (Sn) and on at least one of the position and the orientation of the microphone.
A vehicle microphone system may include at least two microphones forming a microphone array, at least one loudspeaker configured to emit audio signals, a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to receive incoming audio signals from tire microphone array, determine at least one parameter for each channel of the microphone array, determine at least one filter to apply to at least one channel based on a difference between the parameters of each channel, and store the at least one filter in the memory.
In at least one embodiment, an audio system for extracting online parameters is provided. The system includes a loudspeaker and at least controller. The loudspeaker transmits an audio signal in a listening environment. The at least one controller includes a signal processing block and an adaptive filter. The signal processing block is programmed to provide a driving signal u(n) to drive the loudspeaker to transmit the audio signal. The adaptive filter is programmed to receive the driving signal and to receive a first varying signal i(n) from the loudspeaker in response to the loudspeaker transmitting audio signal. The adaptive filter is further programmed to generate an admittance curve for the loudspeaker based at least on the driving signal and the first varying signal.
H04R 1/00 - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS - Details of transducers
A microphone assembly for a vehicle headliner includes a housing arranged to be received within a substrate layer of the headliner and having an upper portion and a lower portion. A circuit board is mounted in the upper portion and has a microphone element coupled thereto. An insert bracket includes a base and a shaft member extending upwardly therefrom, the base having a plurality of apertures aligned with the shaft member, wherein the shaft member engages the lower portion to connect the insert bracket to the housing. A sealing gasket having at least one channel defining an air path extending therethrough is arranged to be received within the shaft member and extend between the base and the upper portion, providing acoustic sealing between the insert bracket and the housing such that the air path directs sound from a cabin of the vehicle through the apertures to the microphone element.
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B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
Sound reduction includes producing an error signal representative of sound present in a target space, producing a reference signal corresponding to undesired sound present in the target space, and producing, based on the reference signal and the error signal a cancelling output signal representative of the undesired sound present in the target space. The method further includes producing, based on the cancelling output signal, sound to destructively interfere with the undesired sound present in the target space, and limiting the amplitude or power of at least one of the reference signal, the error signal and the cancelling output signal if a first condition is met, the at least one signal under examination is at least one of the reference signal, the error signal and the cancelling output signal, and fully or partially suspending the active noise controller update mechanism if a second condition is met.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
A display device with adjustable viewing angle is provided, which includes a display unit with a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel array and emitting light for displaying image information to a user, a plurality of electro-optical lenses with adjustable optical power arranged in a lens array at the display unit, wherein each electro-optical lens is adjustable between a public mode, in which the electro-optical lens is configured to project light from the display unit towards the user within a first viewing angle, and a privacy mode, in which the electro-optical lens is configured to project the light towards the user within a second viewing angle, smaller than the first viewing angle.
H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a frame (10) comprising at least two mounting fixtures (20, 22) and a connecting element (24), wherein the connecting element (24) connects the at least two mounting fixtures (20, 22) to each other. The loudspeaker arrangement further comprises at least two loudspeakers (40, 42), wherein each of the at least two loudspeakers (40, 42) is arranged in a different one of the at least two mounting fixtures (20, 22). The loudspeaker arrangement further comprises an amplifier (30) configured to amplify audio signals to be reproduced by the at least two loudspeakers (40, 42), wherein the amplifier (30) is mechanically coupled to the connecting element (24) between the at least two mounting fixtures (20, 22).
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
B60N 2/879 - Head-rests with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers
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An earphone system comprises at least one earphone (12, 14) configured to be inserted in an ear of a user, wherein each of the at least one earphone (12, 14) comprises at least one sound reproduction unit (128), and a remote unit (20) that is separate from each of the at least one earphone (12, 14), wherein the remote unit (20) comprises at least one microphone (22) configured to capture ambient sound. The remote unit (20) is configured to evaluate, analyze and/or process the ambient sound captured by the at least one microphone (22), to determine one or more of at least one ambient sound parameter, at least one control parameter, and at least one control command, based at least on the evaluation, analysis and/or processing of the ambient sound, and to send the at least one ambient sound parameter, the at least one control parameter and/or the at least one control command to at least one of the at least one earphone (12, 14). The at least one earphone (12, 14) is configured to control sound that is reproduced by the respective sound reproduction unit (128), in response to the at least one ambient sound parameter, the at least one control parameter and/or the at least one control command received from the remote unit (20).
G10K 11/175 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound
A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a mid-range loudspeaker (20) arranged in a dashboard of a vehicle (10), a first tweeter (22) arranged adjacent to the mid-range loudspeaker (20) in the dashboard of the vehicle (10), and a second tweeter (24) arranged adjacent to the mid-range loudspeaker (20) in the dashboard of the vehicle (10). The mid-range loudspeaker (20) is arranged between the first tweeter (22) and the second tweeter (24). The mid-range loudspeaker (20) is a non-directional loudspeaker that radiates sound towards a driver's seat (102) and towards a passenger seat (104) in equal parts. The first tweeter (22) is a directional loudspeaker that radiates sound primarily towards the passenger seat (104), and the second tweeter (24) is a directional loudspeaker that radiates sound primarily towards the driver's seat (102).
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
H04R 1/26 - Spatial arrangement of separate transducers responsive to two or more frequency ranges
H04R 1/32 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only
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A generic domain compute system that is customizable for at least one domain or zone compute in a vehicle having a gateway power and control (GAPAC). The GAPAC has a power supply, a scalable microcontroller, a power management integrated circuit, a set of standardized and scalable external connectors for external inter-connections for Ethernet and car connector, a standard and scalable internal connector for internal inter-connections for power, control and generic busses. At least a first compute extension (COMEX) has a standard and scalable connecter internally connected to the GAPAC. The COMEX has a scalable microcontroller, a power management integrated circuit and a set of standardized and scalable connectors for external inter-connections. The COMEX is supplied with a permanent voltage from the GAPAC power supply. The microcontrollers, external connectors and internal connectors are scaled according to the domain or zone compute application.
Sound reduction includes receiving a reference signal corresponding to undesired sound present in the target space, and producing, based on the reference signal, a cancelling signal representative of the undesired sound present in the target space. Sound reduction further includes producing, based on the cancelling signal, sound to destructively interfere with the undesired sound present in the target space, and delaying at least one of the reference signal and the cancelling signal to reduce or compensate for runtime differences between signal paths that transfer the reference signal to the target space.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
A drive unit for haptic feedback on a touch surface comprises a first housing part for mechanical coupling to the touch surface and a second housing part, which is supported in a floating manner with respect to the first housing part. The drive unit further comprises a piezoelectric actuator which is arranged between the first and the second housing part and is mechanically connected on one side to the first housing part and on the opposite side to the second housing part, and a third housing part, which is supported by means of an elastic element with respect to the first housing part and to the second housing part, said elastic element being arranged between the second housing part and the third housing part.
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H01L 41/09 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with electrical input and mechanical output
93.
Electronic device and waterproof structure for electronic device
Disclosed are an electronic device and a waterproof structure for the electronic device. The waterproof structure for the electronic device includes: an outer housing having a housing opening; and an electronic device housing at least partially mounted in the outer housing through the housing opening, wherein the electronic device housing has an electronic device housing surface, the housing opening has an opening surface opposite to the electronic device housing surface, and the electronic device housing surface and the opening surface are spaced apart to define a gap therebetween, and wherein one of the electronic device housing surface and the opening surface defines a longitudinally extending groove, and an opening of the groove is orientated toward the other one of the electronic device housing surface and the opening surface.
Decorrelating an input signal includes allpass filtering to phase shift the first input signal by a phase shift, the allpass filtering comprising filtering with one or more subsequent controllable allpass filter stages, each controllable allpass filter stage having a filter quality and a cut-off frequency. Decorrelating further includes controlling at least one of the filter quality and the cut-off frequency of the controllable allpass filter stages to change over time.
H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
95.
Headphone arrangements for generating natural directional pinna cues
A headphone arrangement includes an ear cup configured to be arranged to at least partly surround an ear of a user to define an at least partly enclosed volume about the ear of the user. The ear cup includes an at least partially hollow frame configured to at least partially enframe the ear of the user when the ear cup is arranged to surround the ear of the user. The frame includes a first cavity, the first cavity being formed by wall portions of the frame. The headphone arrangement includes at least one loudspeaker arranged within wall portions of the first cavity. The wall portions of the first cavity form a first waveguide configured to guide sound radiated from the loudspeaker through a waveguide output of the first waveguide. The waveguide output of the first waveguide includes one or more openings in the first cavity.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
A map fusing method includes receiving a source graph and a target graph. The source graph is representative of a source map and the target graph is representative of a target map and includes nodes and edges that connect the nodes. The method further includes processing each of the source graph and the target graph in a graph convolutional layer to provide graph convolutional layer outputs related to the source graph and to the target graph, processing each of the graph convolutional layer outputs for the source graph and the target graph in a linear rectifying layer to output node feature maps related to the source graph and the target graph. The method further includes selecting pairs of node representations from the node feature maps related to the source graph and the target graph and concatenating the selected pairs to output selected and concatenated pairs of node representations.
Automatic noise control includes evaluating an amplitude of an acceleration acting on an acceleration sensor and generating a reference signal representative of the amplitude of the acceleration, the acceleration being representative of unwanted noise sound generated by a noise source, filtering the reference signal with a noise control transfer function to generate an anti-noise signal, and converting with a loudspeaker the anti-noise signal into anti-noise sound. Automatic noise control further includes receiving with a microphone the noise sound after being transferred via a primary path according to a primary path transfer function from the noise source to the microphone and the anti-noise sound after being transferred via a secondary path according to a secondary path transfer function from the loudspeaker to the microphone, converting with the microphone a sum of the received noise sound and the received anti-noise sound into an error signal, and controlling the noise control transfer function based on the error signal from the microphone and the filtered or unfiltered reference signal from the acceleration sensor so that the anti-noise sound after being transferred via the secondary path is the inverse of the noise sound after being transferred via a primary path. Automatic noise control further includes controlling a shadow noise control transfer function based on a shadow error signal and the filtered or unfiltered reference signal, generating the shadow error signal based on the filtered or unfiltered shadow anti-noise signal and the error signal, and substituting the noise control transfer function by the shadow noise control transfer function if the shadow error signal is smaller than the error signal.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
Automatic noise control includes evaluating an amplitude of an acceleration acting on an acceleration sensor and generating a reference signal representative of the amplitude of the acceleration, the acceleration being representative of unwanted noise sound generated by a noise source, filtering the reference signal with a noise control transfer function to generate an anti-noise signal, and converting with a loudspeaker the anti-noise signal into anti-noise sound. Automatic noise control further includes receiving with a microphone the noise sound after being transferred via a primary path according to a primary path transfer function from the noise source to the microphone and the anti-noise sound after being transferred via a secondary path according to a secondary path transfer function from the loudspeaker to the microphone and converting with the microphone a sum of the received noise sound and the received anti-noise sound into an error signal. Automatic noise control further includes controlling the noise control transfer function based on the error signal from the microphone and the filtered or unfiltered reference signal from the acceleration sensor so that the anti-noise sound after being transferred via the secondary path is the inverse of the noise sound after being transferred via a primary path, and applying via the filter controller to the noise control transfer function of the noise control filter a leakage based on the error signal from the microphone and the filtered or unfiltered reference signal from the acceleration sensor.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
99.
TOUCH PANEL WITH HAPTICAL FEEDBACK AND REDUCED REFLECTION
A touch panel system is provided, which comprises a display unit, a touch sensor structure and a coverglass, wherein a user touches the coverglass during touch input to the touch sensor structure, wherein the coverglass is configured to be moved in relation to the display unit for providing haptical feedback to the user. Therein, the coverglass is mounted in a predetermined distance d from the display unit, such that the coverglass and the display unit are decoupled from each other by an empty space, thereby defining opposite intenal sufaces, which are coated with an anti-reflecting coating, in particular a moth eye film.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
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Enhancing artificial reverberation in a noisy environment via noise-dependent compression
A system for enhancing artificial reverberation in a noisy listening space includes a sensor configured to generate a signal indicating a current noise level in a listening space, a loudspeaker configured to output sound in the listening space based on an output signal, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute instructions to: generate an artificial reverberation signal based on a source signal and a response of a listening space, wherein the artificial reverberation signal includes a first low output-level portion having output levels that are below a compression threshold level and a first high output-level portion having output levels that are above the compression threshold level; generate a compressed artificial reverberation signal based on the artificial reverberation signal by increasing the output levels of the low output-level portion by a first magnitude and increasing the output levels of the high output-level portion by less than the first magnitude; and combine the compressed artificial reverberation signal with the source signal to form an output signal for the listening space.
G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
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H03M 7/30 - Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
