System and method for active noise compensation in motorcycles, and motorcycle having a system for active noise compensation
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJose Lopez De Arroyabe, Ralf Schmidt
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Abstract
A system and method for active noise compensation in a vehicle is provided. The system has at least one apparatus for detecting a noise, a computer unit for calculating a compensation sound, at least one apparatus for generating a compensation sound which interferes with the noise, and a device for detecting at least one driver-specific parameter. The compensation sound is calculated depending on the at least one driver-specific parameter. Also provided is a motorcycle having a system for active noise compensation.
Claims20
An active noise compensation system for a motorcycle, comprising:
- a noise-capture unit configured to capture a noise near a driver of the motorcycle;
- a driver parameter input unit configured to obtain at least one driver-specific parameter;
- a computer unit configured to
- receive a signal corresponding to a noise captured by the noise capture unit,
- receive a signal corresponding to the at least one driver-specific parameter from the driver parameter input unit, and
- calculate, based on the received noise signal and at least one driver-specific parameter signal, a compensation sound counter to the noise captured by the noise-capture unit;
- and
- a compensation sound production unit configured to generate the compensation sound calculated by the computer unit such that the compensation sound interferes with the noise near the driver of the vehicle.
A motorcycle, comprising:
- an active noise compensation system including
- a noise-capture unit configured to capture a noise near a driver of a vehicle;
- a driver parameter input unit configured to obtain at least one driver-specific parameter;
- a computer unit configured to
- receive a signal corresponding to a noise captured by the noise capture unit,
- receive a signal corresponding to the at least one driver-specific parameter from the driver parameter input unit, and
- calculate, based on the received noise signal and at least one driver-specific parameter signal, a compensation sound counter to the noise captured by the noise-capture unit;
- and
- a compensation sound production unit configured to generate the compensation sound calculated by the computer unit such that the compensation sound interferes with the noise near the driver of the vehicle.
A method for active noise compensation on a motorcycle, including the acts of:
- capturing a noise near a driver of the motorcycle using a noise-capture unit;
- obtaining at least one driver-specific parameter of the using a driver parameter input unit;
- calculating using a computer unit, based on the noise captured by the noise capture unit and the at least one driver-specific parameter obtained by the driver parameter input unit, a compensation sound counter to the noise captured by the noise-capture unit;
- and
- producing the compensation sound which interferes with the noise calculated by the computer unit such that the compensation sound interferes with the noise near the driver of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.