Within Cabin Or Compartment Of Vehicle Patents (Class 381/71.4)
  • Patent number: 11904769
    Abstract: A system for generating a virtual engine sound may include a server having information on at least one review of the virtual engine sound, and a virtual engine sound generator to generate “my sound” by tuning the virtual engine sound based on information on customized design settings, to update a preset driver emotion model for each emotion evaluation area of the virtual engine sound, based on the information on the at least one review of the virtual engine sound, which is received from the server, and to update the virtual engine sound based on the “my sound” and the driver emotion model updated for each emotion evaluation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11898870
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product provide a route using a map layer of one or more sound events. For example, the apparatus receives a user preference indicating a sound type, identifies a road segment associated with the sound type from a plurality of road segments, selects a subset from the plurality of road segments as a route based on association of the subset with respect to the road segment, and outputs the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Leon Stenneth, Jerome Beaurepaire, Jeremy Young
  • Patent number: 11875770
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device are disclosed herein. A system plays first audio content through a speaker. A microphone captures second audio content comprising an alert. Output of the second audio content through the speaker is suppressed by using noise cancellation. The system identifies the alert within the second audio content and determines a priority level of the alert. The system determines, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, and audibly reproduces the alert via the speaker, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Madhusudhan Seetharam, Vikram Makam Gupta, Sahir Nasir
  • Patent number: 11830470
    Abstract: A transfer function measuring method includes: outputting a first signal to each of a plurality of loudspeakers to cause the plurality of loudspeakers to simultaneously output sounds with mutually different frequencies; acquiring second signals output from a microphone as a result of acquiring the sounds with the mutually different frequencies; and calculating a transfer function of each of the sounds with the mutually different frequencies based on the first signal and the second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Kodatsu, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11755279
    Abstract: A boat includes a controller that is communicatively coupled to a control screen. The controller has stored therein a plurality of modes corresponding to an activity and includes a plurality of controls corresponding to the activity. The controller is configured to display on the control screen, when one of the modes is activated, the plurality of controls for the activated mode. The activated mode may also be an operating mode that corresponds to an operational condition of the boat. The boat may include a processor that is configured to generate an adjusted audio signal by selecting one or more of a plurality of subranges of frequencies of an audio signal and adjusting the selected subranges to compensate for at least one environmental condition associated with the operational condition of the boat corresponding to the operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
    Inventors: Chad A. Lynema, David F. Ekern
  • Patent number: 11678114
    Abstract: Provided is a sound collection loudspeaker apparatus that makes it possible to intuitively distinguish which talker is talking, and improve the comfort of conversations, when performing in-vehicle conversation and conversations with people outside of a vehicle. The sound collection loudspeaker apparatus is installed in a vehicle. Two or more sound collection and amplification positions are assumed to be present inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichiro Saito, Kazunori Kobayashi, Noboru Harada
  • Patent number: 11643094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a noise control apparatus, vehicle having the same and method for controlling the vehicle to reduce indoor noise. In accordance with an aspect of disclosure, the vehicle collects sound by using a sound collector while driving the vehicle; detects vibration occurring in the vehicle by using a vibration detector; detects an occupant in the vehicle by using an occupant detector; generates a virtual reference signal based on an actual reference signal for the detected vibration; acquires location information of the occupant's ear based on the occupant information; generates a virtual error signal based on the acquired ear location information and the actual noise signal for the collected sound; generates a noise control signal based on the virtual error signal and the virtual reference signal; and outputs the generated noise control signal as sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Keun You, Kaangdok Yee, ChiSung Oh, Joongkwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11628767
    Abstract: A method of playing a virtual after-burn sound in an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes acquiring driver tendency information generated based on information of music played in a mobile phone and collecting driving variable information for playing a virtual sound during operation of the electric vehicle. Additionally, characteristics of a virtual after-burn sound are determined based on the collected driving variable information. The characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound are corrected according to the acquired driver tendency information. An after-burn signal is generated for playing the virtual after-burn sound based on information about the corrected characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound and operation of sound equipment is adjusted according to the created after-burn signal such that a virtual after-burn sound discriminated according to the driver tendency is played and output from the sound equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Jin Sung Lee, Jeong Soo Eo, Dong Chul Park, Tae Kun Yun, Ji Won Oh
  • Patent number: 11632628
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a glass sheet composite having satisfactory acoustic performance. The present invention relates to a glass sheet composite including a diaphragm that is vibrated by a vibrator, and a support member that is attached along an edge portion of the diaphragm to support the diaphragm, in which the diaphragm includes at least one glass sheet, and is supported on the support member through a fixing part that fixes the edge portion of the diaphragm to the support member, and a vibration-permitting part that permits vibration of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Akiyama, Masayuki Hayashi, Hikaru Ishida
  • Patent number: 11584276
    Abstract: A headrest for a vehicle seat includes: a support surface for the head of an occupant; at least one lateral edge extending along an edge of the support surface; and a sound diffusion system arranged in a cavity in the edge and including a speaker configured to emit sound waves in front of the support surface and at least one passive radiator configured to emit low frequency sound waves in front of the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Stéphane Soltner, Anthony Maire, Benjamin Eller
  • Patent number: 11569770
    Abstract: A system for controlling an electric machine of a vehicle includes, among other things, a controller module configured to attenuate noise from the electric machine by altering a corrective voltage in response to feedback about the noise. The corrective voltage and a fundamental voltage command are supplied to the electric machine as a combined voltage command. The corrective voltage is on a harmonic adjacent to a harmonic of the noise. A method of controlling noise associated with an electric machine of a vehicle includes, among other things, altering a corrective voltage to attenuate noise in response to feedback about the noise. The corrective voltage and a fundamental voltage command are supplied to the electric machine as a combined voltage command. The corrective voltage is on a harmonic adjacent to a harmonic of the noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jiyao Wang, Wei Xu, Silong Li
  • Patent number: 11548423
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least two mechanical oscillators, more particularly in a motor vehicle, where each oscillator oscillates at a frequency during operation and where the frequency can be controlled by the power applied to the oscillators, includes arranging a single sound transducer at a distance from the oscillators and capturing an electrical signal, where the electrical signal is subjected to a Fourier transform and thus a Fourier spectrum is determined. The frequency of each oscillator is determined from extreme values of the Fourier spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Emrullah Uenal, Gudrun Schoenherr
  • Patent number: 11533555
    Abstract: Various implementations include systems for processing microphone audio signals for a wearable audio device. In particular implementations, a method for processing signals includes: capturing an internal signal with an inner microphone configured to be acoustically coupled to an environment inside an ear canal of a user; extracting a low frequency audio signal from the internal signal; capturing an external signal with an external microphone configured to be acoustically coupled to an environment outside the ear canal of the user; extracting a high frequency audio signal from the external signal; and mixing the high frequency audio signal with the low frequency audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Alaganandan Ganeshkumar
  • Patent number: 11523217
    Abstract: An audio system for a seat headrest includes N speaker(s), each configured to be integrated into a seat headrest, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1, and an audio processing device including an electronic transmission channel connected to the speaker(s) and configured to transmit at least one audio stream via the speaker(s). The audio system comprises P microphone(s), each configured to be integrated into the headrest, P being an integer greater than or equal to 1. The audio processing device further includes an electronic receiving channel connected to the microphone(s) and configured to receive at least one sound signal via the P microphone(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Europe
    Inventors: Nicolas Lopez Zuleta, Mounira Rigaud-Maazaoui, Jérôme Noirot, Xenofon Doukopoulos, Gaël Laqueille, Jérémie Leclere
  • Patent number: 11508368
    Abstract: An agent system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize speech including speech contents of an occupant in a mobile object; an acquirer configured to acquire an image including the occupant; and an estimator configured to compare wording included in the speech contents of the occupant recognized by the recognizer with unclear information which is stored in a storage and includes wording making the speech contents unclear, to estimate a first direction which is a sight direction of the occupant or a second direction which is indicated by the occupant on the basis of the image acquired by the acquirer when the speech contents of the occupant includes unclear wording, and to estimate an object which is located in the estimated first direction or the estimated second direction. The recognizer is configured to recognize the speech contents of the occupant on the basis of the object estimated by the estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suzuki, Junichiro Onaka, Koichi Tanizaki
  • Patent number: 11437011
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for active noise suppression in a vehicle. The apparatus includes an actuator in the vehicle and a part of the vehicle. The part of the vehicle is designed according to a first transfer function, which characterizes a transmission behavior of the part of the vehicle for sound. At least a part of the actuator is configured according to a second transfer function, which characterizes a transmission behavior of the at least one part for sound. The actuator is controllable in dependence on a control variable for active noise suppression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Stalter, Luken Hemmes
  • Patent number: 11410654
    Abstract: A vehicle that efficiently prevents a driver from eavesdropping a voice of a passenger may include: a driver's seat having a headrest speaker in a headrest thereof; the headrest speaker configured to output a sound, a front passenger seat, at least one rear passenger seat; a microphone configured to detect a voice of the passenger seated on the at least one rear passenger seat; and a controller configured to generate a masking curve based on the voice of the passenger and output a masking sound corresponding to the masking curve by controlling the headrest speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Youngbeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11404933
    Abstract: An electric actuator for use with a variable drive apparatus is disclosed herein. The electric actuator has a rotary design incorporating a magnetic field sensor chip disposed on a circuit board to sense the rotational orientation of the magnetic field of a cylindrical diametric magnet positioned on the end of a control shaft of a hydrostatic drive unit. The circuit board includes a microprocessor, electric motor power control and CAN Bus communication capability. The gear housing of the electric actuator features an integral end cap to accommodate mounting of the electric motor to enable a compact design. A vibration damping apparatus may be utilized to improve integrity of signals generated by the magnetic field sensor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Nathan W. Bonny, Jesse L. Probst
  • Patent number: 11381915
    Abstract: A vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a microphone; a plurality of speakers; a memory for storing a sound field table including corresponding relationship between filter set values, virtual sound items, and boarding items; and a processor for receiving a sound signal via the microphone, determining a first filter set value matched to characteristics of the received sound signal, by using the sound field table, and controlling outputs of the plurality of speakers so as to output sound according to the determined first set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kihyun Kim, Kyuho Lee, Byounggi Lee
  • Patent number: 11380298
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Cristian M. Hera, Elie Bou Daher, Siamak Farahbakhsh
  • Patent number: 11335344
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of predefined beams associated with a microphone array. A plurality of predefined nulls associated with the microphone array may be received. One or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams or one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls may be selected. A microphone array may obtain audio encounter information, via the microphone array, using at least one of the one or more selected beams and the one or more selected nulls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 11308932
    Abstract: A system for evaluating a noise management module of a vehicle includes a controller programmed to filter speaker signals from the noise management module using an auralization model to produce auralized sound signals that create a spatial effect to simulate sound in the vehicle at a predetermined position within the vehicle that is different than the positions corresponding to microphones used by the noise management module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tingli Cai, Divya Sishtla Venkata, David Trumpy, Aditya Kumar
  • Patent number: 11280276
    Abstract: Engine controllers and methods are described that facilitate skip fire control of an internal combustion engine. An engine controller determines a skip fire firing fraction and (as appropriate) associated engine settings that are suitable for delivering a requested output. The engine controller selects an operational firing fraction from a set of available firing fractions. A firing controller then directs cylinder firings in a skip fire manner that delivers the selected operational firing fraction. The firing controller includes an accumulator that helps smooth transitions between different firing fractions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tula Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad R. Pirjaberi, Adya S. Tripathi, Louis J. Serrano
  • Patent number: 11276385
    Abstract: With respect to a noise reduction device using a speaker and a microphone corresponding to each seat in a vehicle to reduce a noise in each seat, the noise reduction device includes, a signal processing unit configured to generate a canceling sound that reduces a noise at an ear of an occupant in a predetermined seat by using an auxiliary filter, an operation setting unit configured to disable operations of a speaker and a microphone corresponding to each empty seat in the vehicle, and an auxiliary filter setting unit configured to change a setting value of the auxiliary filter used by the signal processing unit to generate the canceling sound in accordance with the number of occupants in seats other than the predetermined seat, the seats affecting the noise in the predetermined seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tachi, Keita Tanno, Mone Isami, Ryo Ito, Haruki Uesugi
  • Patent number: 11267337
    Abstract: A noise reducing system for a tracked vehicle, the tracked vehicle comprising a cab and at least one track that extends along a direction of travel of the vehicle and comprises at least a plurality of bars, such as metal bars, transverse to the direction of travel. The noise reducing system comprising a control unit and an acoustic wave emitter connected to the control unit for being controlled by the control unit, the noise reducing system comprising an acoustic input and being configured to emit an acoustic equalization wave, phase shifted with respect to the noise and determined on the basis of the acoustic input, to reduce the noise, in particular the noise generated by the tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PRINOTH S.P.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Spadoni, Martin Kirchmair, Gabriel Spielman
  • Patent number: 11265669
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to obtain an audio signal of a first passenger of a vehicle and to control a loudspeaker array to generate at least one virtual sound source that reproduces the audio signal obtained from the first passenger, the virtual sound source being provided for a second passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager, Stefan Uhlich
  • Patent number: 11170751
    Abstract: A system for actively mitigating a buffeting noise in an occupant compartment of a vehicle when the vehicle is moving. The system is configured to determine an estimated effective volume of the occupant compartment, and to determine if a single window of the vehicle occupant compartment is open. Responsive to a determination that a single window of the vehicle occupant compartment is open, and using the estimated effective volume of the occupant compartment, an estimated buffeting noise frequency is determined. Responsive to the estimated buffeting noise frequency, the system determines characteristics of a sound configured to cancel a buffeting noise generated inside the occupant compartment while the vehicle is moving. The system may then control operation of a noise cancelling signal generating system to generate the sound having characteristics configured to cancel the buffeting noise inside the occupant compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Taehwa Lee, Xiaopeng Li, Jae Seung Lee, Danil V. Prokhorov, Hideo Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11164557
    Abstract: An input signal representative of an undesired acoustic noise in a region is captured by one or more first sensors and processed to generate a cancellation signal. An output signal is generated based on the cancelation signal to cause one or more acoustic transducers to cancel, at least in part, the undesired acoustic noise in the region. A feedback signal representative of residual acoustic noise in the region is captured by one or more second sensors. A characteristic of each of the feedback signal, the cancellation signal, and a combination of the cancellation signal and the feedback signal is determined. One or more thresholds are compared to a ratio of (i) the characteristic of the combination of the cancellation signal and the feedback signal and (ii) a combination of the characteristic of the feedback signal and the characteristic of the cancellation signal to determine a convergence state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Ankita D. Jain
  • Patent number: 11087734
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an active noise reduction method, a system, and a new energy vehicle. The active noise reduction method includes: obtaining a frequency of a high-frequency noise signal in an acoustic environment, constructing and generating a harmonic masking signal according to the frequency of the high-frequency noise signal, where the harmonic masking signal includes a harmonic signal and a masking signal, and the harmonic signal is a subharmonic wave of the high-frequency noise signal, and inputting the harmonic masking signal into a sound playback apparatus for playback to output a noise reduction construction sound, and performing noise reduction on the acoustic environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yaxuan Sun, Yongji Zhao
  • Patent number: 11049489
    Abstract: A system for controlling an engine tone by an artificial intelligence based on a sound quality index of a vehicle may include a sound output device for generating a reinforcing sound to reinforce an engine sound of the vehicle; an engine characteristic measurement sensor for measuring sound source characteristics of the engine sound; an interior noise measurement sensor for detecting interior noise of the vehicle; a signal processing controller that receives signals from the engine characteristic measurement sensor in real time and controls the sound output device such that the engine sound reaches a target tone; and a tone control operation unit connected to the signal processing controller to optimize the sound quality index such that the engine sound reaches the target tone through the artificial intelligence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: In-Soo Jung, Dong-Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 11043200
    Abstract: A vehicle sound control device includes: a motor rotation speed detector (2) configured to detect the rotation speed of a motor that drives a vehicle; a speaker (4) configured to produce a vehicle interior sound including a motor sound changing in accordance with the rotation speed of the motor in an interior of the vehicle; an emphasizing order setting unit (6) configured to determine an order component to be emphasized in the motor sound in accordance with the rotation speed detected by the motor rotation speed detector (2); and a vehicle interior sound control unit (7) configured to control the vehicle interior sound produced by the speaker (4) so that the emphasizing order component determined by the emphasizing order setting unit (6) is emphasized. The emphasizing order setting unit (6) determines the order component to be emphasized so that a higher order component is emphasized as the rotation speed increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa Uesugi, Yasuhiko Miura
  • Patent number: 10978039
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a passenger capsule, a seat, and a sound suppression system. The passenger capsule includes a headliner. The seat is positioned within the passenger capsule. The seat includes a headrest. The sound suppression system includes one or more speakers and a controller. The one or more speakers are at least one of (i) positioned within the headrest or (ii) positioned within the headliner. The controller is configured to control the one or more speakers to emit sound waves having at least one of a target frequency or a target amplitude to generate a noise suppression zone that projects outward from at least one of the headrest or the headliner toward a passenger sitting in the seat to suppress one or more low frequency sound waves perceived by the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel R. Seffernick, Peter D. Vande Hey
  • Patent number: 10968841
    Abstract: Skip fire engine control using a first order sigma delta based firing controller is described. An engine controller determines a skip fire firing fraction and (as appropriate) associated engine settings that are suitable for delivering a requested output. The operational firing fraction is selected from a set of available firing fractions. The engine controller uses a first order sigma delta based converter to direct working cycle firings in a skip fire manner that delivers the selected firing fraction. The converter includes or functions substantially equivalent to a first order sigma delta converter and may be implemented any of: algorithmically using a processor; using digital, analog or hybrid components; using a lookup table; or using other appropriate techniques. In some embodiments firing decisions are made on a working cycle by working cycle basis. The described approach may be used in gasoline engines, diesel engines, turbocharged or supercharged engines, or others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TULA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad R. Pirjaberi, Adya S. Tripathi, Louis J. Serrano
  • Patent number: 10945072
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for extracting voice signals of a plurality of users, and a terminal device and a robot implementing the same. The robot includes a plurality of microphones respectively corresponding to a plurality of users, a memory and a processor, where the processor extracts a plurality of voice signals output by each of the plurality of users using a plurality of sound signals received by each of the plurality of microphones, and in this case, the processor reverses a phase of at least one of other sound signals received respectively by at least one of other microphones except an i-th microphone, and extracts an i-th voice signal output by an i-th user corresponding to the i-th microphone based on a i-th sound signal received by the i-th microphone and based on at least one of other sound signals, the phase of which is reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jungkwan Son
  • Patent number: 10891937
    Abstract: A noise controller includes: a noise detector; a control filter that performs signal processing on a noise signal using a control factor; a speaker that reproduces an output signal from the control filter; an error microphone that detects a residual noise at a control point; a transmission characteristics correction filter that performs signal processing on the noise signal, using characteristics of sound transmission from the speaker to the error microphone; a factor updater that updates the control factor; a correction filter that performs signal processing on an output signal from the control filter, using the characteristics of sound transmission; a subtractor that subtracts, from an error signal indicative of the residue noise, an output signal from the correction filter; and an effect measuring unit that measures a noise reduction effect at the control point based on a difference between an output signal from the subtractor and the error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kano
  • Patent number: 10839786
    Abstract: An audio system including an accelerometer positioned to produce an accelerometer signal representative of road noise within a vehicle cabin; a microphone operably positioned within the vehicle to receive the road noise and to produce a microphone signal having a road-noise component; and a cabin road-noise canceler, comprising a cabin road-noise cancellation filter, configured to receive the accelerometer signal and to produce a cabin road-noise cancellation signal, wherein the cabin road-noise cancellation signal is provided to an acoustic transducer for transduction of an acoustic road-noise cancellation signal, the acoustic road-noise cancellation signal minimizing the road noise within at least one cancellation zone in the vehicle cabin; a microphone road-noise canceler, comprising a microphone road-noise cancellation filter, configured to receive the cabin road-noise signal and the microphone signal and to minimize the road-noise component of the microphone signal according to the cabin road-noise cance
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Cristian M. Hera, Elie Bou Daher, Vigneish Kathavarayan, Ankita D. Jain
  • Patent number: 10789933
    Abstract: An adaptive filter calculates frequency domain coefficients and in the frequency domain dynamically adjusts a leakage/step size parameter that controls adaptation of the adaptive filter based on the calculated frequency domain coefficients (e.g., based on a peak magnitude of the coefficients among frequency bins or on the magnitude of the coefficient of the corresponding frequency bin). The adaptive filter calculates the coefficients based on frequency domain input and error signals, dynamically adjusts a frequency domain coefficient magnitude limit parameter based on the calculated frequency domain coefficients (e.g., approximately proportionally to a peak magnitude of the coefficients among frequency bins) and uses the dynamically adjusted frequency domain coefficient magnitude limit parameter to limit a magnitude of the calculated frequency domain coefficients. The limit may be engaged above a frequency bin based on the peak magnitude frequency bin. An ANC system may employ the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Li, Dayong Zhou
  • Patent number: 10755691
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for acoustic control of a vehicle's interior. Example methods may include detecting environmental sounds external to a cabin of a vehicle and determining at least one first sound from the environmental sounds, wherein the cabin is configured to reduce a volume of the environmental sounds below a threshold; determining location information comprising a direction and a distance of the first sound with respect to the vehicle; and generating a second sound based on the first sound and the location information that reproduces a spectral feature of the first sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Nunzio DeCia, Nicholas Scheufler, Stephen Jay Orris
  • Patent number: 10755689
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin system includes a plurality of modular displays disposed in an cabin and a server connected to each of the modular displays. Each of the plurality of modular displays includes a microphone that captures ambient noise in the cabin and a speaker that emits a noise reduction sound. The server instructs each of the plurality of modular displays to capture the ambient noise during a preselected flight phase. The server receives, from each of the plurality of modular displays, a digital ambient noise signal generated based on the ambient noise. The server generates for each of the plurality of modular displays a digital ambient noise reduction signal with an inverted phase of the digital ambient noise signal and a dynamic amplitude that is calculated to yield a highest level of ambient noise reduction. The server sends the digital ambient noise reduction signal to each of the plurality of modular displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sasha Dean-Bhïyan, Renato Seiji Morita, Victor-Daniel Gheorghian
  • Patent number: 10748519
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: generate a first noise reduction signal using an adaptive filter based on a signal output from a first input apparatus, and cause the generated first noise reduction signal to be output by a first output apparatus; and generate a second noise reduction signal using a feedback filter based on a signal output from a second input apparatus, and cause the generated second noise reduction signal to be output by a second output apparatus. The feedback filter has a fixed feedback coefficient. The first input apparatus is located at a first noise-cancellation target location in an environment, and the second input apparatus is located at a second noise-cancellation target location in the environment, which may be different from the first noise-cancellation target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsunori Itabashi, Kohei Asada, Shigetoshi Hayashi, Kenichi Makino, Kazuma Yoshii
  • Patent number: 10744839
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic suspension apparatus capable of achieving both of vibration isolation performance and road holding performance. The electromagnetic suspension apparatus includes an electromagnetic actuator, an information acquisition unit that acquires information on a stroke speed of the electromagnetic actuator and a state quantity of the vehicle, a plurality of filters in which individual gain characteristics are respectively set, a filter setting unit that selectively sets a filter having a gain characteristic suitable for the state quantity of the vehicle from among the plurality of filters, a filter processing unit that performs a filtering process on a stroke speed signal using the filter set by the filter setting unit, and a drive control unit that controls driving of the electromagnetic actuator based on relationship information between the stroke speed after the filtering process and a damping force corresponding to the stroke speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohno, Tomoya Toyohira, Takafumi Kato, Atsuhiko Yoneda
  • Patent number: 10714116
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to active noise cancellation in the interior of a vehicle. In exemplary embodiments, a microphone mounted on the vehicle outputs an audio signal indicative of noise emitted by a noise source. A computing system of the vehicle determines a position of the noise source based upon sensor signals output by sensors mounted on the vehicle. The computing system further determines a position of a passenger in the vehicle based upon a sensor mounted inside the vehicle. The computing system generates a complementary signal that is configured to attenuate the noise based upon the audio signal, the position of the noise source, and the position of the passenger. The complementary signal is then output by way of a speaker in the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Marko Tintor, Matt Fornero
  • Patent number: 10667052
    Abstract: A speaker module, and an audio compensation method and apparatus and relates to the field of terminal technologies. The speaker module includes an audio component and a speaker board. A power contact, a ground contact, and a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) contact are disposed on the speaker board, and a connecting component is disposed between the audio component and the speaker board. A connection status of the GPIO contact is any one of the following. The connecting component is a conductor, and the GPIO contact is conducted to the power contact using the connecting component, the connecting component is a conductor, and the GPIO contact is conducted to the ground contact using the connecting component, or the connecting component is a non-conductor, and the GPIO contact is disconnected from both the power contact and the ground contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Tang
  • Patent number: 10643598
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle sound system to enhance the driving experience of vehicle occupants. A vehicle-mounted sensor (such as a LIDAR or RADAR system) is used to identify an object in the vehicle environment. A database that may be stored on a remote server is queried, the database containing, in electronic form, a sound stored therein associated with the object. The sound may be a desirable or pleasant sound. The sound is download to the vehicle sound system and the sound system generates the sound in a vehicle cabin for enjoyment by the occupants. Other ambient sounds may be detected by an exterior microphone of the vehicle, characteristics and locations of the sound added to the database. A vehicle noise reduction system may be activated as the vehicle approaches the location when it is determined that the characteristic indicates that the ambient sound is undesirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Hoggarth, David Mingay, Pierre Bernuchon, Harriet Dodds, Liberty Fearns
  • Patent number: 10621858
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving situational awareness of a user. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to acquiring, in a personal device, sensor data from a set of sensors that perceive a surrounding environment of the user, identifying from the sensor data one or more objects in the surrounding environment relative to the user. The method includes determining a threat to the user from the one or more objects according to at least trajectories of the one or more objects embodied in the sensor data. The method includes generating, via the personal device, an indicator to inform the user of the one or more objects according to the threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan DeCastro, Frank Permenter, Soonho Kong, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10580399
    Abstract: A road noise cancellation (RNC) system may include a signal analysis controller for detecting non-stationary, transient events based on sensor signals having a spectral or temporal character significantly different from steady-state road or cabin noise. Upon detection of such non-stationary events, the RNC system may modify the sensor signals to mask the non-stationary event, thereby preventing the RNC system's adaptive filters from mis-adapting because of transient, non-stationary events. Alternatively, the RNC system may pause or slow or pause adaptation of its controllable filters for the duration of a frame that includes the non-stationary event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Kevin J. Bastyr
  • Patent number: 10573290
    Abstract: A virtual engine sound system for a vehicle includes: a speaker mounted on an intake system, and generating an anti-noise sound with inverted phase to an engine noise of an internal combustion engine or a virtual sound; and a valve which is movable between an open position in which an outlet of an air cleaner is opened and a closed position in which the outlet of the air cleaner is closed. The speaker is controlled by an ECU, and the valve is controlled by a valve controller. The ECU controls the speaker to generate the anti-noise sound in an operating condition in which the internal combustion engine is operating, and controls the speaker to generate the virtual sound in an operating condition in which the internal combustion engine is not operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Wan Han, Seung Mo Ko, Yoon Geun Cho
  • Patent number: 10532808
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cueing a helicopter pilot when a flight parameter (such as rotor-induced vibration level, airspeed, bank angle, icing accumulation, etc.) exceeds operational constraints. This is accomplished by reformulating the on-board cockpit active vibration control system to add a pilot cueing aid. When the measured flight parameter becomes excessive, the active vibration control system is temporarily detuned, which reduces the amount of vibration suppression it provides or turns off vibration suppression, causing an increase in airframe vibration levels to cue the pilot to take action (e.g., to fly within operating limits).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Derham, Gregory R. Turk
  • Patent number: 10523248
    Abstract: A reception device according to an embodiment includes a main terminal, a sub-terminal, a demultiplexer, and a noise reducing unit. To the main terminal, a main signal is input. The main signal includes a broadcast wave. To the sub-terminal, a multiple signal is input. The multiple signal is obtained by multiplex a noise signal and a sub-signal including the broadcast wave. The demultiplexer demultiplexes the noise signal and the sub-signal from the multiple signal input from the sub-terminal. The noise reducing unit reduces a noise component included in the main signal by using the noise signal demultiplexed by the demultiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: FUJITSU TEN Limited, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Chinda, Kazushige Ogino, Naoki Kushima, Takuma Sawaya
  • Patent number: 10515622
    Abstract: A combined reference signal generation unit included in an active noise reducing device has a plurality of filters that is applied on a one-on-one basis to the plurality of input reference signals and an adder that adds up the plurality of reference signals to which the plurality of filters is applied on a one-on-one basis to generate a combined reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Tani