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US 2026/0238918 A1Published application
Outside-vehicle sound pickup device, vehicle including outside-vehicle sound pickup device, and outside-vehicle sound detection method
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuichi ISHIKAWA, Shuji AKAMATSU, Shunsuke TSUJIOKA, Yunyun CAO, Osamu SHIBATA
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Abstract
An outside-vehicle sound pickup device that reduces the influence of in-vehicle sound to pick up an outside-vehicle sound is provided. The outside-vehicle sound pickup device includes: a sound pickup device; and a sound insulating material shaped to have a space in which the sound pickup device is installed, in which the sound insulating material has an opening portion that is closed by a vehicle component.
Claims12
An outside-vehicle sound pickup device, comprising:
- a sound pickup device;
- and
- a sound insulating material shaped to have a space on which the sound pickup device is configured to be mounted, wherein
- the sound insulating material has an opening portion that is closed by a vehicle component.
1 more element
An outside-vehicle sound detection method, comprising:
- picking up an outside-vehicle sound by a sound pickup device surrounded by a sound insulating material having an opening portion that is closed by a vehicle component, the outside-vehicle sound being a sound emitted outside a vehicle;
- and
- detecting a situation outside the vehicle based on the outside-vehicle sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.