Implementations of the subject technology provide occupant-based audio for enclosed environments. For example, an apparatus having an enclosure and one or more speakers may determine a location and/or an identity of an occupant within an enclosed environment defined by the enclosure, and operate the one or more speakers to provide audio output to the location of the occupant. The apparatus may also operate the one or more speakers to reduce the audio output to one or more other locations within the enclosure, such as to one or more non-occupant locations and/or to one or more locations of one or more other occupants. The audio output may be occupant-specific audio output, such as a personalized notifications, in one or more implementations.

A mounting kit for installing a soundbar in a vehicle includes a tube having an elongated body and at least one chamber having a window. The mounting kit includes at least one bolt having a head and a shank, the head arranged to be coupled to the soundbar and the shank arranged to be received in the at least one chamber and accessible through the window to secure the soundbar to the tube. A first bracket is arranged to be secured to a cross member and first pillar of the vehicle, and a second bracket is arranged to be secured to the cross member and a second pillar of the vehicle, each of the first and second brackets having a cradle arranged to receive an end portion of the tube for installing the tube and attached soundbar in the vehicle.

Various implementations include seats and related loudspeakers. In particular cases, a seat includes: a seat headrest portion; a seat backrest portion; and a loudspeaker assembly including: at least one driver for generating an acoustic output; and an acoustic exit fixed in the seat backrest portion and angled to provide the acoustic output to a location below a nominal ear position of an occupant of the seat, wherein an angle of the at least one driver provides the acoustic output to achieve a consistent frequency response across a range of positions deviating from the nominal ear position, wherein the angle of the at least one driver is configured to be adjusted in response to a recline angle of the seat reaching a threshold.

A speaker system includes a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a speaker unit, and a sound absorber. The first panel is an outer panel constituting a part of a vehicle door of a vehicle having a compartment. The second panel constitutes a part of the vehicle door and is situated closer to the compartment than the first panel and has an opening. The third panel constitutes a part of the vehicle door and resides between the first panel and the second panel. The speaker unit overlaps the opening in a plan view when viewed from the compartment along a central axis of the speaker unit and outputs sound toward the compartment. The sound absorber is arranged at a location corresponding to an anti-node of particle velocity in a standing wave generated in a space defined between the speaker unit and the first panel.

Systems for securing a loudspeaker in a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a system for a vehicle door comprises a loudspeaker enclosure housing a loudspeaker and mounted to an interior panel of the vehicle door, a first coupling unit fixedly attached to the loudspeaker enclosure, and a second coupling unit fixedly attached to a component of the vehicle door away from the interior panel, wherein the second coupling unit is secured to the first coupling unit.

A vehicle assembly includes a panel or mounting location, a speaker or microphone disposed within the panel for generating or detecting sounds and a cover disposed over the speaker. The cover includes a plurality of openings for the transmission of sound and a corresponding plurality of blockers at each of the plurality of openings. Each of the plurality of blockers includes a front face that is spaced apart forward of a corresponding one of the plurality of openings for blocking water intrusion.

Method for operating a vehicle-mounted acoustic signal-generating device (8), which is configured to generate an acoustic compensation signal (2) for compensating acoustic interference signals (3), which result from a stream of vehicles (5) coming towards a vehicle (4) in question, comprising the steps: —detection of a stream of vehicles (5) coming towards a vehicle (4) in question, and generation of detection information describing at least one parameter of the stream of vehicles, —determination of an acoustic interference signal (3) resulting from the stream of vehicles (5) coming towards the vehicle (4) in question on the basis of the detection information, —generation of an acoustic compensation signal (2) for compensating the acoustic interference signal (3) resulting from the stream of vehicles (5) coming towards the vehicle (4) in question.

An adjustment assembly for use in a vehicle, including an adjustable part configured to move between an open position and a closed with respect to a vehicle body. The adjustable part may include an outer side and an inner side. At least a portion of the adjustable part may define an opening extending between the outer side and the inner side. The adjustment assembly may include an ultrasonic transmitter, disposed on either the adjustable part or the vehicle body and may be configured to emit a number of ultrasonic waves to an obstacle, and an ultrasonic receiver disposed on the inner side of the adjustable part and configured to receive the ultrasonic waves reflected from the obstacle through the opening.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for an audio speaker bracket for use water based and land-based vehicles and a method for installing the speaker to a mounting panel using at least one suspension member. The method permits the speaker to be supported by a secure attachment of the bracket to the vehicle is proposed.

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.