Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or...
Patent
1998-03-25
2000-03-21
Ellis, Christopher P.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
280735, 280734, 701 45, B60D 128
Patent
active
060391391
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for optimizing the comfort of the occupant in accordance with the invention in which the direction of a bothersome stimulus, such as an unwanted sound, external or internal of the vehicle, and an external light source, is determined, the location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive to the stimulus, e.g., the ears of the occupant if the stimulus is an unwanted sound and the eyes of the occupant if the stimulus is an external light source, is determined and, responsive to the determined direction of the stimulus and the determined location of the sensory organ of the occupant receptive thereto, a countereffect to the stimulus is activated in order to diminish the effect of the stimulus on the sensory organ of the occupant. If the stimulus is the external light source, a light filter between the external light source and the eyes of the occupant may be activated. If the stimulus is a source of unwanted sound, the location of the ears of the occupant is determined and sound waves are generated and transmitted to cancel the unwanted sound at the ears of the occupant. The stimulus may be both sound and a light source.
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Breed David S.
DuVall Wilbur E.
Johnson Wendell C.
Automotive Technologies International Inc.
Ellis Christopher P.
Roffe Brian
Shipkovitz Samuel
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