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Personal audio zones can transmit sound to a specific area, making people outside cannot hear the sound clearly. The in-vehicle infotainment system is also a good platform for using this technology, which is conducive to reducing the interference between drivers and passengers and protecting the privacy of drivers. At present, there is still a lack of systematic context discussion on the personal audio zone. Therefore, it is an interesting topic to study whether and how context affects people’s tendency to use personal audio zones, which can help to define the adaptive rules of speaker selection in a cabin. This research was conducted in two parts. The first part conducted a 1-on-1 survey to explore user attitudes towards using personal sound zones in different activity contexts. In the second part, a real car experience and after-experience questionnaire were conducted to obtain more realistic feedback. This paper proves that the personal audio zone is a context-sensitive function, and summarizes the key contextual influencing factors in 4 categories and 7 sub-categories. Finally, the suggestions on the initiation strategy of the personal vocal area and the direction of subsequent optimization are expounded.
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Supported by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (2021SHZDZX0100) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
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Ma, J., Zhang, Q., Hu, Z., Liu, D. (2022). Situating Audio Zone: In-Vehicle Personal Audio Zone Use in Context. In: Rauterberg, M., Fui-Hoon Nah, F., Siau, K., Krömker, H., Wei, J., Salvendy, G. (eds) HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Today's Community and Economy. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13520. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18158-0_35
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