System for spectral shaping of vehicle noise cancellation
The present disclosure is directed to a system and a method for spectral shaping of vehicle noise cancellation. In an example implementation, the method includes determining a center frequency of an expected tonal peak within a selected noise band based upon vehicle data, generating a noise cancellation signal using a weighted shaping filter to shape the noise band, and outputting the noise cancellation signal to smooth the expected tonal peak.
1. A vehicle noise shaping system, comprising:
a tonal noise monitoring module that is configured to:
determine a center frequency of an expected tonal peak within a selected noise band based upon vehicle data, and
determine whether at least one of (1) a difference between a decibel value of the expected tonal peak within the selected noise band and a root mean square value of the selected noise band and (2) a ratio between the decibel value of the expected tonal peak within the selected noise band and the root mean square value of the selected noise band exceeds a predetermined threshold;
a noise shaping module that is configured to use a weighted shaping filter to generate a noise cancellation signal when at the least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold to shape the noise band; and
an audio output module that is configured to output the noise cancellation signal to smooth the expected tonal peak when the at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold.
2. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
an attribute adjustment module that is configured to:
determine whether the tonal peak is within a predetermined frequency range when at least one of the difference and the ratio is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold, and
adjust a vehicle attribute when the tonal peak is within the predetermined frequency range.
3. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the tonal noise monitoring module is further configured to calculate at least one of the difference between the decibel value of the expected tonal peak and the root mean square value of the selected noise band and the ratio of the decibel value of the expected tonal peak and the root mean square value of the selected noise band.
4. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the audio output module is further configured to output the noise cancellation signal to one or more speakers when the at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold.
5. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the tonal noise monitoring module is further configured to receive the vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors.
6. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the tonal noise monitoring module is further configured to select the center frequency of the expected tonal peak based upon the vehicle data.
7. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle data represents at least one of a speed of a vehicle, a temperature associated with the vehicle, and a vibration associated with the vehicle.
8. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the noise shaping module is further configured to select filtering weights according to at least one of the difference and the ratio to shape the noise cancellation signal according to the selected filtering weights.
9. The vehicle noise shaping system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the weighted shaping filter comprises at least one of a bandpass filter, a bandstop filter, a high-pass filter, and a low-pass filter.
10. A system comprising:
an active noise cancellation module that is configured to receive an environmental noise signal within a vehicle cabin and to generate a noise cancellation signal based upon the environmental noise signal; and
a tonal noise cancellation module in communication with the active noise cancellation module, the tonal noise cancellation module including:
a tonal noise monitoring module that is configured to:
determine a center frequency of an expected tonal peak within a selected noise band based upon the environmental noise signal; and
determine whether at least one of (1) a difference between a decibel value of the expected tonal peak within the selected noise band and a root mean square value of the selected noise band and (2) a ratio between the decibel value of the expected tonal peak within the selected noise band and the root mean square value of the selected noise band exceeds a predetermined threshold;
a noise shaping module that is configured to use a weighted shaping filter to generate the noise cancellation signal to shape the noise band when the at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold to shape the noise band; and
an audio output module that is configured to output the noise cancellation signal to smooth the expected tonal peak when the at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold.
11. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the audio output module is configured to output the noise cancellation signal to one or more speakers disposed within a vehicle cabin.
12. A method comprising:
determining a center frequency of an expected tonal peak within a selected noise band based upon vehicle data;
determining whether at least one of (1) a difference between a decibel value of the expected tonal peak within the selected noise band and a root mean square value of the selected noise band and (2) a ratio between the decibel value of the expected tonal peak within the selected noise band and the root mean square value of the selected noise band exceeds a predetermined threshold;
generating a noise cancellation signal using a weighted shaping filter to shape the noise band when at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold; and
outputting the noise cancellation signal to smooth the expected tonal peak when the at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold.
13. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising calculating at least one of the difference between the decibel value of the expected tonal peak and the root mean square value of the selected noise band and the ratio of the decibel value of the expected tonal peak and the root mean square value of the selected noise band.
14. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising outputting the noise cancellation signal to one or more speakers when at least one of the difference and the ratio exceeds the predetermined threshold.
15. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising receiving the vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors.
16. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising selecting the center frequency of the expected tonal peak based upon the vehicle data.
17. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the vehicle data represents at least one of a speed of a vehicle, a temperature associated with the vehicle, and a vibration associated with the vehicle.
18. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising selecting filtering weights according to at least one of the difference and the ratio to shape the noise cancellation signal according to the selected filtering weights.
19. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the weighted shaping filter comprises at least one of a bandpass filter, a bandstop filter, a high-pass filter, and a low-pass filter.