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US 12,749,474 · App. 18/794,546 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Active noise reduction system

Inventors: Xun Wang (Saitama, JP); Toshio Inoue (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
G10K11/17825G10K11/17823G10K11/17883G10K2210/1282
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Patent No.
US 12,749,474
App. No.
18/794,546
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An active noise reduction system includes a canceling sound output device configured to output a canceling sound, an error microphone configured to generate an error signal, and a controller configured to control the canceling sound output device based on the error signal. The controller includes a control filter configured to generate a control signal for controlling the canceling sound output device, and a secondary path filter that represents an estimation value of a transfer function of a secondary path from the canceling sound output device to the error microphone. The active noise reduction system further includes a reference microphone provided separately from the error microphone, the reference microphone is configured to generate a determination signal based on at least a noise, and the controller is configured to determine whether the transfer function of the secondary path has changed based on the error signal and the determination signal.

Claims (37)

1 . An active noise reduction system, comprising:

a canceling sound output device configured to output a canceling sound for canceling a noise;

an error microphone configured to generate an error signal based on the noise and the canceling sound; and

a controller configured to control the canceling sound output device based on the error signal,

wherein the controller includes:

a control filter configured to generate a control signal for controlling the canceling sound output device; and

a secondary path filter that represents an estimation value of a transfer function of a secondary path from the canceling sound output device to the error microphone,

the active noise reduction system further comprises a reference microphone provided separately from the error microphone,

the reference microphone is configured to generate a determination signal based on at least the noise, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

perform an update process for adaptively updating the secondary path filter;

determine whether fluctuation of the secondary path filter according to an adaptive update thereof has converged;

stop the adaptive update of the secondary path filter in a case where the fluctuation of the secondary path filter has converged;

determine whether the transfer function of the secondary path has changed based on the error signal and the determination signal in a state where the adaptive update of the secondary path filter is stopped; and

resume the adaptive update of the secondary path filter in a case where the transfer function of the secondary path has changed.

2 . The active noise reduction system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second canceling sound output device provided separately from the canceling sound output device,

wherein the controller includes a second control filter configured to generate a second control signal for controlling the second canceling sound output device, and

the second control filter is configured to be adaptively updated based on the determination signal.

3 . The active noise reduction system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller includes a second secondary path filter that represents an estimation value of a transfer function of a second secondary path from the second canceling sound output device to the reference microphone, and

the controller is configured to determine whether the transfer function of the second secondary path has changed based on the error signal and the determination signal.

4 . The active noise reduction system according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to

determine that the transfer function of the secondary path has changed in a case where a difference between the error signal and the determination signal is equal to or greater than a first reference value and a temporal variation of the error signal is equal to or greater than a second reference value, and

determine that the transfer function of the second secondary path has changed in a case where the difference between the error signal and the determination signal is equal to or greater than the first reference value and a temporal variation of the determination signal is equal to or greater than the second reference value.

5 . The active noise reduction system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second canceling sound output device provided separately from the canceling sound output device,

wherein the controller includes a second secondary path filter that represents an estimation value of a transfer function of a second secondary path from the second canceling sound output device to the reference microphone.

6 . An active noise reduction system, comprising:

a canceling sound output device configured to output a canceling sound for canceling a noise;

an error microphone configured to generate an error signal based on the noise and the canceling sound; and

a controller configured to control the canceling sound output device based on the error signal,

wherein the controller includes:

a control filter configured to generate a control signal for controlling the canceling sound output device; and

a secondary path filter that represents an estimation value of a transfer function of a secondary path from the canceling sound output device to the error microphone,

the active noise reduction system further comprises a reference microphone provided separately from the error microphone,

the reference microphone is configured to generate a determination signal based on at least the noise, and

the controller is configured to determine whether the transfer function of the secondary path has changed based on the error signal and the determination signal,

wherein the controller is configured to determine that the transfer function of the secondary path has changed in a case where a difference between the error signal and the determination signal is equal to or greater than a first reference value and a temporal variation of the error signal is equal to or greater than a second reference value.

7 . The active noise reduction system according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to determine that the transfer function of the secondary path has changed in a case where the difference between the error signal and the determination signal is equal to or greater than the first reference value, the temporal variation of the error signal is equal to or greater than the second reference value, and the error signal is equal to or greater than a third reference value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: WANG, XUN; INOUE, TOSHIO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-130175 · Aug 9, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250054485A1 · Feb 13, 2025
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