IP Library Granted Patent US 12699182
Granted Patent B2
US 12699182 · App. 18/428,490 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Signal processing device, sound wave system, and vehicle

Inventor: Shogo Takamura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
G01S15/108G01S7/5273G01S15/104G01S15/931
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12699182
App. No.
18/428,490
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal processing device includes a wave-transmission signal generator configured to generate a wave-transmission signal for wave transmission of a sound wave, a wave-reception signal output unit configured to output a wave-reception signal based on wave reception of a sound wave, and a reflected-wave detection unit configured to detect, based on the wave-reception signal, a reflected wave of the wave transmission that may be included in the wave reception. The wave-transmission signal includes a first signal having a first predetermined number of waves, and a second signal generated after the first signal and having a second predetermined number of waves, the second predetermined number being smaller than the first predetermined number.

Claims (39)

1 . A signal processing device, comprising:

a wave-transmission signal generator configured to generate a wave-transmission signal for wave transmission of a sound wave;

a wave-reception signal output unit configured to output a wave-reception signal based on wave reception of a sound wave; and

a reflected-wave detection unit configured to detect, based on the wave-reception signal, a reflected wave of the wave transmission included in the wave reception,

wherein the wave-transmission signal includes a first signal having a first predetermined number of waves, and a second signal generated after the first signal and having a second predetermined number of waves, the second predetermined number being smaller than the first predetermined number, and

wherein a maximum amplitude of wave transmission corresponding to the first signal is larger than a maximum amplitude of wave transmission corresponding to the second signal.

2 . A signal processing device, comprising:

a wave-transmission signal generator configured to generate a wave-transmission signal for wave transmission of a sound wave;

a wave-reception signal output unit configured to output a wave-reception signal based on wave reception of a sound wave; and

a reflected-wave detection unit configured to detect, based on the wave-reception signal, a reflected wave of the wave transmission included in the wave reception,

wherein the wave-transmission signal includes a first signal having a first predetermined number of waves, and a second signal generated after the first signal and having a second predetermined number of waves, the second predetermined number being smaller than the first predetermined number, and

wherein the wave-transmission signal generator is configured to generate the second signal after reverberation following the first signal ends.

3 . A signal processing device, comprising:

a wave-transmission signal generator configured to generate a wave-transmission signal for wave transmission of a sound wave;

a wave-reception signal output unit configured to output a wave-reception signal based on wave reception of a sound wave; and

a reflected-wave detection unit configured to detect, based on the wave-reception signal, a reflected wave of the wave transmission included in the wave reception,

wherein the wave-transmission signal includes a first signal having a first predetermined number of waves, and a second signal generated after the first signal and having a second predetermined number of waves, the second predetermined number being smaller than the first predetermined number,

the reflected-wave detection unit is configured to detect, based on a correlation between the wave-reception signal and reference data, a reflected wave of the wave transmission included in the wave reception, and

wherein a frequency of the first signal and a frequency of the second signal are different from each other.

4 . A sound wave system, comprising:

the signal processing device according to claim 1 ; and

a sound-wave transmission reception device configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the signal processing device.

5 . A vehicle comprising the sound wave system according to claim 4 .

6 . A sound wave system, comprising:

the signal processing device according to claim 3 ; and

a sound-wave transmission reception device configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the signal processing device.

7 . A vehicle comprising the sound wave system according to claim 6 .

8 . A sound wave system, comprising:

the signal processing device according to claim 6 ; and

a sound-wave transmission reception device configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the signal processing device.

9 . A vehicle comprising the sound wave system according to claim 8 .

10 . The signal processing device according to claim 3 , further comprising a determination unit,

wherein the determination unit is configured

to determine a time period from the wave transmission corresponding to the second signal until detection of the reflected wave corresponding to the second signal in a case where the reflected wave corresponding to the second signal has been detected by the reflected-wave detection unit, and

to determine a time period from the wave transmission corresponding to the first signal until detection of the reflected wave corresponding to the first signal in a case where the reflected wave corresponding to the second signal has not been detected but the reflected wave corresponding to the first signal has been detected by the reflected-wave detection unit.

11 . A sound wave system, comprising:

the signal processing device according to claim 10 ; and

a sound-wave transmission reception device configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the signal processing device.

12 . A vehicle comprising the sound wave system according to claim 11 .