Patent ID: 8090116

Claim:
An audio system for a vehicle, the audio system comprising a plurality of audio channels, the vehicle comprising a first passenger position and a second passenger position ahead of the first passenger position, the audio system comprising: a first directional loudspeaker positioned ahead of the first passenger position and in back of the second passenger position, constructed and arranged to radiate directionally a first audio channel so that a direction toward the first passenger position is one of a low radiation direction and a high radiation direction and so that a direction toward the second passenger position is the other of a low radiation direction and a high radiation direction, wherein the first directional loudspeaker is further constructed and arranged to radiate acoustic energy corresponding to signal in a second audio channel, wherein the first directional loudspeaker is further constructed and arranged to radiate directionally the second audio channel so that a direction toward the passenger position to which the first channel low radiation direction is directed is a second channel high radiation direction and the direction toward the passenger position to which the first channel high radiation direction is directed is a second channel low radiation direction.