Patents by Inventor Siamak Farahbakhsh
Siamak Farahbakhsh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11869477Abstract: A noise-cancellation system includes a noise-cancellation filter in communication with at least one speaker, the noise-cancellation filter generating a noise-cancellation signal that, when actuated by the at least one speaker, cancels noise within at least one cancellation zone; and an amplifier disposed between the noise-cancellation filter and the speaker, the amplifier applying a first scaling gain to the noise-cancellation signal and outputting an scaled noise-cancellation signal, the scaled noise-cancellation signal being a linear reduction of the noise-cancellation signal when the first scaling gain is less than unity, wherein the first scaling gain is set to less than unity in response to a signal representative of the noise-cancellation signal exceeding a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Elie Bou Daher, Cristian Marius Hera, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Patent number: 11863947Abstract: A vehicle-implemented, adaptive noise-cancellation system responsive to entertainment audio is provided. The noise-cancellation system uses reference signal from a reference sensor, such as an accelerometer, to generate a noise-cancellation signal to destructively interfere with road noise in the vehicle cabin. A first set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable or disable adaptation of an adaptive filter of the noise-cancellation system. A second set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable, attenuate, or disable the noise-cancellation signal. As the entertainment audio increases, the system first disables the adaptation of the adaptive filter, then attenuates the noise-cancellation signal, then completely disables the noise-cancellation signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Siamak Farahbakhsh, Rohan Rohilla, Travis L. Hein
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Publication number: 20230403496Abstract: Various implementations include audio devices and methods for noise reduction control in wearable audio devices and/or vehicle audio systems. Certain implementations include a non-occluding wearable audio device having: at least one electro-acoustic transducer; at least one microphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one electro-acoustic transducer and the at least one microphone, the control system programmed to: adjust an active noise reduction (ANR) setting for audio output to the at least one electro-acoustic transducer in response to detecting use of the non-occluding wearable audio device in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Brandon Lee Olmos, Lei Cheng, Ray Scott Wakeland, Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Travis Lee Hein, Yashar M. Aval, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Patent number: 11721313Abstract: Noise cancellation systems and methods are provided that generate an anti-noise signal configured to destructively interfere with noise in a cancellation zone. The systems and methods receive a signal representative of the noise in the cancellation zone. The signal is analyzed to identify a frequency to be reduced in the cancellation zone, and the signal is down converted to place the identified frequency at baseband. A baseband anti-noise signal is generated based upon the down converted signal. The baseband anti-noise signal is up converted to the identified frequency to produce an anti-noise signal having components at the identified frequency, and the anti-noise signal is provided to be transduced into an acoustic signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Yashar Motedayen Aval, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Publication number: 20230102460Abstract: A vehicle-implemented, adaptive noise-cancellation system responsive to entertainment audio is provided. The noise-cancellation system uses reference signal from a reference sensor, such as an accelerometer, to generate a noise-cancellation signal to destructively interfere with road noise in the vehicle cabin. A first set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable or disable adaptation of an adaptive filter of the noise-cancellation system. A second set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable, attenuate, or disable the noise-cancellation signal. As the entertainment audio increases, the system first disables the adaptation of the adaptive filter, then attenuates the noise-cancellation signal, then completely disables the noise-cancellation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Siamak Farahbakhsh, Rohan Rohilla, Travis L. Hein
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Patent number: 11564034Abstract: A vehicle-implemented, adaptive noise-cancellation system responsive to entertainment audio is provided. The noise-cancellation system uses reference signal from a reference sensor, such as an accelerometer, to generate a noise-cancellation signal to destructively interfere with road noise in the vehicle cabin. A first set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable or disable adaptation of an adaptive filter of the noise-cancellation system. A second set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable, attenuate, or disable the noise-cancellation signal. As the entertainment audio increases, the system first disables the adaptation of the adaptive filter, then attenuates the noise-cancellation signal, then completely disables the noise-cancellation signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Siamak Farahbakhsh, Rohan Rohilla, Travis L. Hein
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Patent number: 11380298Abstract: A vehicle-implemented noise-cancellation system, includes: a noise-cancellation system disposed in a vehicle, the noise-cancellation system comprising an adaptive filter being adjusted according to a reference signal and an error signal, the adaptive filter outputting a noise-cancellation signal, which, when transduced into a noise-cancellation audio signal by a speaker, cancels road noise within at least one zone within a cabin of the vehicle; and an adjustment module configured to vary a power of the noise-cancellation signal or a rate of adaptation of the adaptive filter from a first value to a second value, passing through at least one intermediate value between the first value and the second value, based on a time-varying signal indicative of a signal-to-noise ratio of the reference signal with respect to a first criterion.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Cristian M. Hera, Elie Bou Daher, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Publication number: 20220208167Abstract: Noise cancellation systems and methods are provided that receive a reference signal representative of a noise to be reduced and provide a noise cancellation signal based upon the reference signal. Some examples include a feedback signal representative of a residual noise in the environment. At least one of the reference signal, the noise cancellation signal, or the feedback signal is filtered to remove components based upon a rotational rate of a rotating equipment associated with the environment, such as an engine of a vehicle. Accordingly, the noise cancellation system may not interfere with sounds related to the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Yashar Motedayen Aval, Siamak Farahbakhsh, Dennis D. Klug
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Publication number: 20220180852Abstract: A noise-cancellation system includes a noise-cancellation filter in communication with at least one speaker, the noise-cancellation filter generating a noise-cancellation signal that, when actuated by the at least one speaker, cancels noise within at least one cancellation zone; and an amplifier disposed between the noise-cancellation filter and the speaker, the amplifier applying a first scaling gain to the noise-cancellation signal and outputting an scaled noise-cancellation signal, the scaled noise-cancellation signal being a linear reduction of the noise-cancellation signal when the first scaling gain is less than unity, wherein the first scaling gain is set to less than unity in response to a signal representative of the noise-cancellation signal exceeding a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Elie Bou Daher, Cristian Marius Hera, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Publication number: 20220028365Abstract: Detecting a divergence in an adaptive system includes the steps of determining a power of a component of an error signal at a first frequency, the component being correlated to a noise-cancellation signal, the noise-cancellation signal being produced by an adaptive filter and being configured to cancel noise within a predetermined volume when transduced into acoustic signal, wherein the error signal represents a magnitude of a residual noise within the predetermined volume; determining a time gradient of the power of the component of the error signal; and comparing a metric to a threshold, wherein the metric is based, at least in part, on a value of the time gradient of the power of the component of the error signal over a period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Bose CorporationInventor: Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Patent number: 11232778Abstract: Detecting a divergence in an adaptive system includes the steps of determining a power of a component of an error signal at a first frequency, the component being correlated to a noise-cancellation signal, the noise-cancellation signal being produced by an adaptive filter and being configured to cancel noise within a predetermined volume when transduced into acoustic signal, wherein the error signal represents a magnitude of a residual noise within the predetermined volume; determining a time gradient of the power of the component of the error signal; and comparing a metric to a threshold, wherein the metric is based, at least in part, on a value of the time gradient of the power of the component of the error signal over a period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventor: Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Publication number: 20210368265Abstract: A vehicle-implemented, adaptive noise-cancellation system responsive to entertainment audio is provided. The noise-cancellation system uses reference signal from a reference sensor, such as an accelerometer, to generate a noise-cancellation signal to destructively interfere with road noise in the vehicle cabin. A first set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable or disable adaptation of an adaptive filter of the noise-cancellation system. A second set of entertainment audio thresholds triggers the system to enable, attenuate, or disable the noise-cancellation signal. As the entertainment audio increases, the system first disables the adaptation of the adaptive filter, then attenuates the noise-cancellation signal, then completely disables the noise-cancellation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Siamak Farahbakhsh, Rohan Rohilla, Travis L. Hein
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Publication number: 20210264891Abstract: Noise cancellation systems and methods are provided that generate an anti-noise signal configured to destructively interfere with noise in a cancellation zone. The systems and methods receive a signal representative of the noise in the cancellation zone. The signal is analyzed to identify a frequency to be reduced in the cancellation zone, and the signal is down converted to place the identified frequency at baseband. A baseband anti-noise signal is generated based upon the down converted signal. The baseband anti-noise signal is up converted to the identified frequency to produce an anti-noise signal having components at the identified frequency, and the anti-noise signal is provided to be transduced into an acoustic signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Yashar Motedayen Aval, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Publication number: 20210241748Abstract: A vehicle-implemented noise-cancellation system, includes: a noise-cancellation system disposed in a vehicle, the noise-cancellation system comprising an adaptive filter being adjusted according to a reference signal and an error signal, the adaptive filter outputting a noise-cancellation signal, which, when transduced into a noise-cancellation audio signal by a speaker, cancels road noise within at least one zone within a cabin of the vehicle; and an adjustment module configured to vary a power of the noise-cancellation signal or a rate of adaptation of the adaptive filter from a first value to a second value, passing through at least one intermediate value between the first value and the second value, based on a time-varying signal indicative of a signal-to-noise ratio of the reference signal with respect to a first criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Cristian M. Hera, Elie Bou Daher, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Patent number: 10741163Abstract: A road noise-cancellation system, comprising: an actuator disposed in a vehicle cabin; a controller comprising a processor and non-volatile memory, the controller being programmed to: generate a noise-cancellation signal with a noise-cancellation filter including a first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being based on the first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being transduced by the actuator to generate a noise-cancellation audio signal based on the noise-cancellation signal, the noise-cancellation audio signal destructively interfering with an undesired noise in a noise-cancellation zone; adjust the first plurality of coefficients of the noise-cancellation filter based on one or more input signals to provide a second plurality of coefficients; store the second plurality of coefficients in the non-volatile memory during a shutdown sequence or at the end of an interval; and restore the second plurality of coefficients from non-volatile memory to the noise-cancelType: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Travis Hein, Siamak Farahbakhsh, Eric Bernstein
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Patent number: 10685640Abstract: A noise-cancellation method, comprising the steps of: receiving a value from a noise sensor at a time step; storing the received value in a buffer, the buffer having a length, the buffer further storing a number of additional values, wherein an end value is removed from the buffer to accommodate the received value; providing a previously-computed result, wherein the previously-computed result represents the sum of the square of the values stored in the buffer at a previous time step; adding a square of the received value to the previously-computed result and subtracting a square of the end value from the sum of the received value and the previously computed value in order to yield a newly-computed result and updating a plurality of coefficients of an adaptive filter according to, in part, the value of the newly-computed result.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Siamak Farahbakhsh, Wade Torres, Eric Bernstein
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Publication number: 20200135162Abstract: A road noise-cancellation system, comprising: an actuator disposed in a vehicle cabin; a controller comprising a processor and non-volatile memory, the controller being programmed to: generate a noise-cancellation signal with a noise-cancellation filter including a first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being based on the first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being transduced by the actuator to generate a noise-cancellation audio signal based on the noise-cancellation signal, the noise-cancellation audio signal destructively interfering with an undesired noise in a noise-cancellation zone; adjust the first plurality of coefficients of the noise-cancellation filter based on one or more input signals to provide a second plurality of coefficients; store the second plurality of coefficients in the non-volatile memory during a shutdown sequence or at the end of an interval; and restore the second plurality of coefficients from non-volatile memory to the noise-cancelType: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Travis Hein, Siamak Farahbakhsh, Eric Bernstein
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Publication number: 20200135165Abstract: A noise-cancellation method, comprising the steps of: receiving a value from a noise sensor at a time step; storing the received value in a buffer, the buffer having a length, the buffer further storing a number of additional values, wherein an end value is removed from the buffer to accommodate the received value; providing a previously-computed result, wherein the previously-computed result represents the sum of the square of the values stored in the buffer at a previous time step; adding a square of the received value to the previously-computed result and subtracting a square of the end value from the sum of the received value and the previously computed value in order to yield a newly-computed result and updating a plurality of coefficients of an adaptive filter according to, in part, the value of the newly-computed result.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Siamak Farahbakhsh, Wade Torres, Eric Bernstein
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Patent number: 10410620Abstract: A system and method for reducing or eliminating undesirable acoustic artifacts when a vehicle is struck by road debris. The method includes generating a noise signal representative of a first acceleration detected by an accelerometer of a vehicle caused by a disturbance and generating a noise-cancellation signal via a controller within the vehicle. Residual noise resulting from the combination of the acoustic energy of the noise-cancellation signal and the disturbance is detected by a reference sensor, which generates a reference sensor signal based on the residual noise. The reference sensor signal is transmitted to an adaptive processing module to adapt filter coefficients. A second acceleration is detected by the accelerometer and a level detector calculates the absolute value of a derivative of the second acceleration. If the absolute value exceeds a threshold value, adjustment of the filter coefficients is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Travis Hein, Siamak Farahbakhsh