Voice ducking with spatial speech separation for vehicle audio system
US11729549B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2499/13
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle loudspeaker system, including at least two microphones forming a microphone array, at least one loudspeaker configured to emit non-human sound, a processor programmed to receive incoming audio signals from the microphone array. The processor further programmed to apply beamforming to the incoming audio signals, determine whether human generated sound is detected within the audio signal, and instruct the loudspeaker to adjust the non-human sound in response to human generated sound being detected.
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