Patent classifications
H04R2499/13
MATCHED AND EQUALIZED MICROPHONE OUTPUT OF AUTOMOTIVE MICROPHONE SYSTEMS
A vehicle microphone system may include at least two microphones forming a microphone array, at least one loudspeaker configured to emit audio signals. a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to receive incoming audio signals from the microphone array, determine at least one parameter for each channel of the microphone array, determine at least one filter to apply to at least one channel based on a difference between the parameters of each channel, and store the at least one filter in the memory.
DETACHABLE MIXED-SOURCE PORTABLE SPEAKERS
Methods and systems are provided for use of a portable speaker system both as part of a vehicular audio system and as a stand-alone audio system. A speaker may be attached to an internal speaker receptacle of a vehicle and coupling to an audio amplifier of the vehicle. Audio performances received by the speaker from the audio amplifier may then be played by the speaker. The speaker may also be decoupling from the audio amplifier of the vehicle and detached from the internal speaker receptacle of the vehicle. Audio performances received by the speaker from a wireless interface coupled to the speaker may then be played by the speaker.
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a multi-image display provided in a vehicle, and a method thereof. According to the present disclosure, a multi-image display device may simultaneously output two or more images separated depending on an output angle or an optical frequency, and a first reflection member provided in an indoor ceiling of the vehicle may reflect one image among the two or more images output from the multi-image display device.
AUDIBLE HOWLING CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
An audio system includes: a speaker; a microphone that generates a microphone signal based on sound output from the speaker; a mixer module configured to generate a mixed signal by mixing the microphone signal with an audio signal; a filter module configured to filter the mixed signal to produce a filtered signal and to apply the filtered signal to the speaker; and a detector module configured to determine a howling frequency in the microphone signal attributable to sound output from the speaker, where the filter module is configured to decrease a magnitude of the filtered signal at the howling frequency.
MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAG SUBWOOFER
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a subwoofer housing that may be installed within a motorcycle storage container (also known as a saddlebag). The subwoofer housing may include a subwoofer transducer which when used in conjunction with full range audio transducers within the motorcycle audio system introduces dynamic low frequency harmonics into the overall frequency response. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the subwoofer housing may include an active subwoofer transducer, and a passive radiator transducer, both with downward orientations. The saddlebag including a floor, and one or more air vents in the floor. Sound waves emitted from the active subwoofer transducer and the passive radiator transducer travel through the one or more air vents and reflect in an omni-directional pattern from a road surface to generate greater audible levels of the low frequency sound waves.
VEHICLE AUDIO CONTROL BASED ON SENSED PHYSICAL CHANGES IN VEHICLE CONFIGURATION
An audio control system for a vehicle includes a processor, a non-volatile memory module having stored therein instructions for controlling one or more vehicle audio components, a sensor operable to detect a change in vehicle configuration, and a control module operable to adjust a vehicle audio component based on the change in vehicle configuration according to instructions stored in the non-volatile memory module.
Method and system for speech enhancement
A method and a system for speech enhancement including a time synchronization unit configured to synchronize microphone signals sent from at least two microphones; a source separation unit configured to separate the synchronized microphone signals and output a separated speech signal, which corresponds to a speech source; and a noise reduction unit including a feature extraction unit configured to extract a speech feature of the separated speech signal and a neural network configured to receive the speech feature and output a clean speech feature.
VEHICLE AVATAR DEVICES FOR INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
A system and method for providing avatar device status indicators for voice assistants in multi-zone vehicles. The method comprises: receiving at least one signal from a plurality of microphones, wherein each microphone is associated with one of a plurality of spatial zones, and one of a plurality of avatar devices; wherein the at least one signal further comprises a speech signal component from a speaker; wherein the speech signal component is a voice command or question; sending zone information associated with the speaker and with one of the plurality of spatial zones to an avatar; activating one the plurality of avatar devices in a respective one of the plurality of spatial zones associated with the speaker.
SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF GENERATING SIGNALS
A signal generating apparatus includes: a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor communicatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the stored instructions to function as: a first generator configured to generate a processed signal by adjusting frequency characteristics of an audio signal representative of a sound from a virtual sound source based on a Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) corresponding to a target position of the virtual sound source; and a second generator configured to: generate, based on the processed signal generated by the first generator, a plurality of output signals in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of loudspeakers; and perform panning processing to adjust a level of each output signal of the plurality of output signals based on the target position.
Management of background noise within a passenger cabin of a vehicle
Techniques are described in which sensor data is used to determine one or more of background noise or occupancy associated with a passenger cabin of a vehicle. The sensor data, in turn, is used to determine an operating state for one or more components of the vehicle (e.g., pumps, compressors, fans, blowers, etc.) such that an amount of background noise within the passenger cabin is reduced (e.g., when a passenger/occupant is present). In various examples, the operating state of the component may operate in a different, though louder, state (e.g., higher efficiency, greater power, etc.) when an occupant is not present or proximate the component.