US 12,277,921 B2
In-cabin audio filtering
Tim Haulick, Ulm (DE); and Markus Buck, Ulm (DE)
Assigned to Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/039,061
Filed by Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/057175
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/119673, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,499, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419944 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC G10K 11/17837 (2018.01) [G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G10K 2210/12821 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3028 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3046 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3215 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a vehicle configured for travel along a road, the vehicle comprising a cabin in which at least one occupant rides and an inbound audio channel, said inbound audio channel comprising an external-microphone set that includes one or more microphones disposed to receive a raw audio signal that represents sound from outside said cabin and an internal-loudspeaker set that comprises one or more loudspeakers disposed to radiate sound into said cabin in response to said external-microphone set having received said raw audio signal, and a signal processor that is configured to apply a filter to said raw audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal that is then broadcast into said cabin using said internal-loudspeaker set, wherein said raw audio signal comprises a first type of signal and a second type of signal, wherein said signal processor is configured to transition between broadcasting said raw audio signal into said cabin in response to having identified said first type of signal in said raw audio signal and broadcasting said filtered signal into said cabin in response to having failed to identify said first type of signal in said raw audio signal, wherein said signal processor is configured to process said filtered audio signal to include said first type of signal and to suppress said second type of signal.