G10K11/17883

Capturing device of remote warning sound component and method thereof
11380299 · 2022-07-05 · ·

The present disclosure relates a capturing device of remote warning sound component which utilizes an audio pick-up device receives a remote sound signal in a remote range, and a processor generates a warning sound component through amplifying a sound feature point audio in a sound component according to warning voiceprint data and generates non-warning sound components through suppressing or shielding the sound feature point audio in the other sound components according to non-warning voiceprint information. Then the processor combines the warning sound component and the non-warning sound components to generate an output sound signal, allowing a speaker to output the output sound signal. Accordingly, the capturing device of the present disclosure provides instantly warning sound which is received (e.g. sound of car engine) from a remote range and outputs to allow the user in an early alert state, then reducing the probability of incident occurs thereby.

ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE
20220230618 · 2022-07-21 ·

An active noise control device includes a basic signal generating unit configured to generate a basic signal corresponding to a resonance frequency of a vibration sensor, a first adaptive filter configured to generate a sensor resonance simulation signal simulating a signal acquired while the vibration sensor is resonating by performing a filtering process on the basic signal, a computation unit configured to calculate a second reference signal that is a difference between a first reference signal acquired by the vibration sensor and the sensor resonance simulation signal, and a second adaptive filter configured to generate a control signal by performing a filtering process on the second reference signal.

SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS AND BLADE NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS
20220301539 · 2022-09-22 · ·

According to one embodiment, a sound emitting apparatus includes an elastic member, three or more excitation actuators, and a control circuit. The elastic member has an annular shape. The excitation actuators are arranged at a predetermined angular interval on the elastic member and are configured to apply vibration to the elastic member. The control circuit is configured to generate drive signals for driving the three or more excitation actuators. There is a phase difference between drive signals for two excitation actuators separated by the predetermined angular interval, the phase difference depending on an order of a Lobe mode being a vibration mode excited on the elastic member and the predetermined angular interval.

ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL DEVICE
20220301538 · 2022-09-22 ·

A cooperative control unit is configured to cause a muffled sound control signal processing unit to start feedforward signal processing, and set, when a secondary path filter has converged, a narrow band noise control signal processing unit to the converged secondary path filter and cause the narrow band noise control signal processing unit to start feedback signal processing.

SOUND PRODUCTION DEVICE, SOUND-PRODUCTION-DEVICE EQUIPPED VEHICLE, AND SOUND PRODUCTION METHOD
20220284880 · 2022-09-08 · ·

A sound production device includes memories, processors, a rotation speed correlation value acquisition device configured to acquire a rotation speed correlation value of a rotating body, and a speaker. A noise order sound has a characteristic in which a sound pressure of the noise order sound reaches a maximum sound pressure in a first range of the rotation speed correlation value, and the sound pressure becomes smaller than the maximum sound pressure in second ranges adjacent to both sides the first range. When the rotation speed correlation value falls within the first range, the processors do not output a dummy noise. When the rotation speed correlation value falls within either of the second ranges, the processors output the dummy noise.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
20220114997 · 2022-04-14 ·

An information processing apparatus including a noise reduction unit that reduces noise generated from an unmanned aerial vehicle, included in an audio signal picked up by a microphone mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle, on the basis of state information on a noise source.

Noise reducing system for a tracked vehicle and tracked vehicle

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.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PLURALITY OF SOUND ZONES WITHIN AN ACOUSTIC CAVITY
20220068253 · 2022-03-03 ·

A method and a system for creating a plurality of sound zones within an acoustic cavity is provided. The method comprises: providing a plurality of actuators within the acoustic cavity, each for generating a respective acoustic output in response to a respective drive signal, providing, for each of the plurality of actuators, an adaptive filter for receiving a respective input signal, and generating a respective output signal, providing, for each of the adaptive filters, at least one filter coefficient, providing a plurality of error sensors within the acoustic cavity, each for generating a respective error signal e, representing a respective sound detected by the respective error sensor, providing an audio data signal x(n) for generating a desired sound in a desired sound zone of the plurality of sound zones, determining, for the desired sound zone, a set of actuator generation coefficients kg.sub.k, a set of actuator exclusion coefficients ke.sub.k, wherein k refers to a k.sub.th actuator, k=1, 2, 3 . . . , and a set of sensor weighting coefficients me.sub.m wherein m refers to a m.sub.th error sensor, m=1, 2, 3 . . . .

Sound leak cancellation for display as sound emitter

Aspects of the disclosure relate to using a display as a sound emitter and may relate to an electronic device including a display and for sound leak cancellation. A vibration sensor such as an accelerometer is physically coupled to the display and senses the display vibration to provide a signal representing actual acoustic output from the display. The electronic device includes a first actuator physically coupled to the display and configured to cause vibration of the display in response to a first audio signal. The electronic device further includes the vibration sensor configured to output a vibration sensor signal proportional to the vibration of the display. The electronic device further includes a second actuator physically coupled to a portion of the electronic device different from where the first actuator is physically coupled to the display and configured to cause vibration of the portion in response to a second audio signal.

Active noise control device
11238841 · 2022-02-01 · ·

An active noise control device includes an updated value table operating unit that writes initial values of an initial value table into an updated value table as updated values and writes updated coefficients of a secondary path filter C{circumflex over ( )} updated in a secondary path filter coefficient updating unit during active noise control, into the updated value table as updated values. The secondary path filter coefficient updating unit reads the updated value corresponding to a frequency from the updated value table before updating the coefficients of the secondary path filter C{circumflex over ( )}, and updates the coefficients of the secondary path filter C{circumflex over ( )}, using the read updated values as the pervious values.