Sound control device and method for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeokhoon Ryu
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Abstract
A sound control device for a vehicle includes a plurality of speakers in which at least one of the speakers is configured to output a first voice signal, a microphone mounted inside the vehicle and configured to receive a second voice signal generated inside the vehicle, a first processing unit configured to adjust an intelligibility of the first voice signal to generate a third voice signal and adjust an intelligibility of the second voice signal to generate a fourth voice signal, and a second processing unit configured to control the first voice signal and the second voice signal to be output through a first speaker mounted on a first seat and the third voice signal and the fourth voice signal to be output through a second speaker mounted on a second seat.
Claims20
A sound control device for a vehicle, the sound control device comprising:
- a plurality of speakers mounted in the vehicle, at least one of the plurality of speakers being configured to output a first voice signal;
- a microphone mounted inside the vehicle and configured to receive a second voice signal generated inside the vehicle;
- a first processing unit configured to adjust an intelligibility of the first voice signal to generate a third voice signal and adjust an intelligibility of the second voice signal to generate a fourth voice signal;
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- a second processing unit configured to control the first voice signal and the second voice signal to be output through a first speaker of the plurality of speakers mounted on a first seat and the third voice signal and the fourth voice signal to be output through a second speaker of the plurality of speakers mounted on a second seat.
A method of controlling a sound in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a communication device, a first voice signal;
- adjusting, by a processor, an intelligibility of the first voice signal and generating a third voice signal;
- and
- performing, by the processor, control to output the first voice signal through a first speaker mounted on a first seat and output the third voice signal through a second speaker mounted on a second seat.
A method of controlling a sound in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a microphone, a second voice signal generated inside the vehicle through the microphone mounted inside the vehicle;
- adjusting, by a processor, an intelligibility of the second voice signal and generating a fourth voice signal;
- and
- performing, by the processor, control to output the second voice signal through a first speaker mounted on a first seat and output the fourth voice signal through a second speaker mounted on a second seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.