Patent ID: 11902767
Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A system for combining prerecorded and live audio performances within a vehicle, comprising:
a set of beamforming microphones directed to a plurality of seating areas within the vehicle;
a set of speakers arranged in a surround-sound configuration around at least a periphery of the plurality of seating areas; and
one or more processors having executable instructions stored in a non-transitory memory that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
play a prerecorded first audio performance through the set of speakers;
detect a live second audio performance at an identified seating area of the plurality of seating areas through the set of beamforming microphones;
record the second audio performance;
modify one or more properties of the second audio performance to give a greater reverberation to one or more speakers among the set of speakers that are located proximate to the identified seating area;
lower one or more volumes of the first audio performance based upon the second audio performance to create a modified first audio performance; and
play the recorded second audio performance in combination with the modified first audio performance.