US 12,033,653 B2
Apparatus for outputting an audio signal in a vehicle cabin
Daniel Kotulla, Mitterfels (DE); and James Rex, Offenberg/Neuhause (DE)
Assigned to ASK INDUSTRIES GMBH, Niederwinkling (DE)
Appl. No. 17/626,104
Filed by ASK INDUSTRIES GMBH, Niederwinkling (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068599
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/004631, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0319531 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); G10L 21/013 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 21/0272 (2013.01) [G10L 21/013 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for outputting an audio signal in a vehicle cabin,
the apparatus comprising:
at least one audio outputting device configured to output a first audio signal comprising at least one audio signal component containing a first human voice, in a vehicle cabin;
characterized by
at least one audio receiving device configured to receive a second human voice signal of at least one person located in the vehicle cabin whilst the at least one audio outputting device outputs the first audio signal in the vehicle cabin; and
at least one processing device configured to combine the first audio signal and the received second human voice signal so as to generate a combined audio signal containing the first audio signal and the received second human voice signal which combined audio signal is output in the vehicle cabin via the at least one audio outputting device,
wherein the processing device or a suppressing device assignable or assigned to the processing device is configured to suppress the at least one audio signal component containing the first human voice in the first audio signal before combining the first audio signal and the second human voice signal,
wherein the audio receiving device is configured to receive a human voice signal of at least one first person located in the vehicle cabin and a human voice signal of at least one further person located in the vehicle cabin, and
whereby the processing device or the suppressing device assignable or assigned to the processing device is configured to suppress the human voice signal of the at least one further person located in the vehicle cabin and to generate a resulting received human voice signal which contains the human voice signal of the at least one first person and a suppressed human voice signal of the at least one further person.