	US 12,001,755 B2
	Apparatus and method for caring emotion based on vehicle sound
Ki Chang Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Eun Soo Jo, Hwaseong-si (KR); Tae Kun Yun, Anyang-si (KR); Sang Jin Hong, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dong Chul Park, Anyang-si (KR); Kyoung Jin Chang, Suwon-si (KR); Ju In Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jin Sung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Myung Hwan Yun, Seoul (KR); and Sung Ho Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,070.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0060247 (KR), filed on May 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357912 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)

CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); G05B 13/027 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01)]

20 Claims

1. An apparatus of caring emotion of a driver based on a vehicle sound, the apparatus comprising:

a detector configured to detect driving information of a vehicle and body information of the driver;

a non-transitory storage configured to store instructions; and

a processor electrically connected to the detector and the non-transitory storage and configured to execute the instructions,

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine an emotional status of the driver by use of at least one of the driving information or the body information;

generating a healing sound by designing a virtual sound according to the driving information and the emotional status of the driver; and

outputting the healing sound, and

wherein the processor is configured to generate three emotion models by applying previously extracted personalized topics and emotions determined by a deep learning-based emotion analyzing algorithm.