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US 12,322,408 B2Granted
Call processing apparatus
AssigneeDENSO TEN Limited
InventorsKatsuaki Hikima, Soju Sakamoto
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Abstract
A call processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller. The controller is configured to (i) perform a removal process of removing driving sounds of a vehicle other than a specific driving sound from sounds collected by a microphone in a cabin of the vehicle while an occupant of the vehicle is talking on a phone, and (ii) transmit an adjusted sound generated by performing the removal process to a call opposite party who is talking with the occupant of the vehicle via the phone.
Claims9
A call processing apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to (i) perform a removal process of removing driving sounds of a vehicle while not removing a specific driving sound from sounds collected by a microphone in a cabin of the vehicle while an occupant of the vehicle is talking hands-free on a phone, the driving sounds, including the specific driving sound that is not removed, being audible environmental sounds that are generated by the vehicle and that are not conversation sound of the occupant, and (ii) transmit an adjusted sound generated by performing the removal process to a call opposite party who is talking with the occupant of the vehicle via the phone, wherein
- the driving sounds that are audible environmental sounds and that are removed by the controller are in a frequency range that is below and partially within a frequency range of the conversation sound of the occupant, and
- the specific driving sound that is an audible environmental sound and that is not removed by the controller is in a frequency range that is partially within and above the frequency range of the conversation sound of the occupant.
A call processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) performing, by a controller of the computer, a removal process of removing driving sounds of a vehicle while not removing a specific driving sound from sounds collected by a microphone in a cabin of the vehicle while an occupant of the vehicle is talking hands-free on a phone, the driving sounds, including the specific driving sound that is not removed, being audible environmental sounds that are generated by the vehicle and that are not conversation sound of the occupant;
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- (b) transmitting, by the controller, an adjusted sound generated by performing the removal process to a call opposite party who is talking with the occupant of the vehicle via the phone, wherein
- the driving sounds that are audible environmental sounds and that are removed by the controller are in a frequency range that is below and partially within a frequency range of the conversation sound of the occupant, and
- the specific driving sound that is an audible environmental sound and that is not removed by the controller is in a frequency range that is partially within and above the frequency range of the conversation sound of the occupant.
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A call processing apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to (i) perform a removal process of removing driving sounds of a vehicle other than a specific driving sound from sounds collected by a microphone in a cabin of the vehicle while an occupant of the vehicle is talking on a phone, and (ii) transmit an adjusted sound generated by performing the removal process to a call opposite party who is talking with the occupant of the vehicle via the phone, wherein
- the controller determines whether or not the occupant who is talking on the phone is a driver of the vehicle, and when the occupant is not the driver of the vehicle, the controller decreases a sound pressure level of the specific driving sound that is not removed by the removal process compared to when the occupant who is talking is the driver of the vehicle.
A call processing apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to (i) perform a removal process of removing driving sounds of a vehicle other than a specific driving sound from sounds collected by a microphone in a cabin of the vehicle while an occupant of the vehicle is talking on a phone, and (ii) transmit an adjusted sound generated by performing the removal process to a call opposite party who is talking with the occupant of the vehicle via the phone, wherein
- as call duration becomes longer, the controller increases a sound pressure level of the specific driving sound that is not removed by the removal process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.