US 12,441,330 B2
Sound control apparatus for vehicles and method of controlling the same
Joong Kwan Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Myoung Ok Lee, Seoul (KR); Kang Dok Yee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jung Keun You, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chi Sung Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Mun Hwan Cho, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,574.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0182397 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194389 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 40/08 (2013.01) [G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2040/089 (2013.01); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
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1. A separated sound zone control method for a vehicle, the separated sound zone control method comprising the steps of:
determining a current position of a head of a passenger;
determining a first predicted head position based on the current position; and
determining a first output sound datum according to the first predicted head position,
wherein determining the first output sound datum comprises, when the determined current head position corresponds to a second predicted head position determined previously, outputting a second output sound datum determined according to the second predicted head position through a plurality of speakers, and
wherein the first output sound datum is selected by applying a sound data sample to a control filter set configured to form a separated sound zone corresponding to the first predicted head position.