Method and device for personalized sound masking in vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsMyoung Ok Lee, Jung Keun You, Mun Hwan Cho, Kaang Dok Yee
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for sound masking. The method includes identifying one class among a plurality of classes based on frequency characteristics of a voice of a first occupant in a vehicle, obtaining reference voice data corresponding to the identified class, generating a personalized masking sound for the first occupant by synthesizing the reference voice data with white noise, and controlling an output of the personalized masking sound.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method for sound masking, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a controller, one class among a plurality of classes based on frequency characteristics of a voice of a first occupant in a vehicle;
- obtaining, by the controller, reference voice data corresponding to the identified class;
- generating, by the controller, a personalized masking sound for the first occupant by synthesizing the reference voice data with white noise;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, an output of the personalized masking sound.
A sound masking device comprising:
- a microphone configured to receive a voice of a first occupant in a vehicle;
- at least one speaker disposed in the vehicle;
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- a controller configured to identify one class among a plurality of classes based on frequency characteristics of the voice, obtain reference voice data corresponding to the identified class, generate a personalized masking sound for the first occupant by synthesizing the reference voice data with white noise, and control the at least one speaker to output the personalized masking sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.