US 12,293,749 B2
In-seat sound suppression
Daniel R. Seffernick, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Peter D. Vande Hey, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/392,006.
Application 18/392,006 is a continuation of application No. 17/856,270, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,893,972.
Application 17/856,270 is a continuation of application No. 17/200,365, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,404,039.
Application 17/200,365 is a continuation of application No. 16/411,876, filed on May 14, 2019, granted, now 10,978,039.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,499, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0161723 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10K 11/178 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/803 (2018.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.01); G10K 11/175 (2006.01)
CPC G10K 11/178 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0022 (2023.08); B60N 2/0028 (2023.08); B60N 2/803 (2018.02); B60N 2/879 (2018.02); G10K 11/175 (2013.01); B60N 2210/24 (2023.08); G10K 2210/1282 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3221 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
store a plurality of passenger profiles regarding passengers of a vehicle, each of the plurality of passenger profiles including a pre-stored physical characteristic of a respective passenger associated therewith, the pre-stored physical characteristic including at least one of a height of the respective passenger or a typical head position of the respective passenger within a seat of the vehicle;
acquire passenger identifying data regarding an identity of a present passenger in the vehicle;
identify a respective passenger profile associated with the present passenger from the plurality of passenger profiles based on the identity of the present passenger; and
control a speaker positioned within the vehicle based at least in part on the pre-stored physical characteristic included with the respective passenger profile to emit noise-canceling sound waves to generate a noise suppression zone to suppress sound waves perceived by the present passenger.