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US 11,838,741 · App. 17/830,364 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

In-vehicle independent sound zone control method, system and related device

Inventors: Shuyuan Sun (Shenzhen, CN); Yiming Meng (Shenzhen, CN); Hao Yin (Shenzhen, CN); Henglizi Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
H04S7/30H04R1/025H04R1/403H04R5/02H04R2201/401H04R2201/403H04R2499/13H04S2400/11H04S2420/01
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Patent No.
US 11,838,741
App. No.
17/830,364
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an in-vehicle independent sound zone control method, a system and a related device, applied to a vehicle. The method includes the following steps: presetting a control area and a non-control area; arranging a speaker array behind a front seat of the vehicle for generating a first acoustic response, and arranging a headrest speaker at a headrest on a rear seat of the vehicle for generating a second acoustic response; fitting a virtual target speaker, wherein the virtual target speaker is configured to generate a target acoustic response within the control area; and controlling a sound quality of the in-vehicle independent sound zone through an audio algorithm processing on the target acoustic response, the first acoustic response and the second acoustic response.

Claims (10)

1. An in-vehicle independent sound zone control method, applied to a vehicle, comprising:

presetting a control area and a non-control area, wherein the control area is a listening area where a passenger is located in the vehicle and an in-vehicle independent sound zone is formed, and the non-control area is a remaining area in the vehicle except the control area;

arranging a speaker array behind a front seat of the vehicle for generating a first acoustic response, and arranging a headrest speaker at a headrest on a rear seat of the vehicle for generating a second acoustic response;

fitting a virtual target speaker, wherein the virtual target speaker is configured to generate a target acoustic response within the control area; and

controlling a sound quality of the in-vehicle independent sound zone through a sound zone isolation processing and a sound zone sound quality optimization processing on the target acoustic response, the first acoustic response and the second acoustic response, wherein

the sound zone isolation processing comprises maximizing a difference between the first acoustic response in the control area and the first acoustic response in the non-control area, and maximizing a difference between the second acoustic response in the control area and the second acoustic response in the non-controlled region, the sound zone sound quality optimization processing comprises performing a response fitting on the first acoustic response, the second acoustic response and the target acoustic response.

2. The in-vehicle independent sound zone control method of claim 1 , wherein the speaker array comprises a plurality of speaker units, and the plurality of speaker units comprise a linear array or a circular array.

3. The in-vehicle independent sound zone control method of claim 1 , wherein the step of fitting the virtual target speaker is specifically:

presetting a target position in the control area to fit a virtual speaker; comprehensively superimposing the first acoustic response and the second acoustic response within the preset target position of the control area, so as to realize the target acoustic response generated by the virtual speaker.

4. The in-vehicle independent sound zone control method of claim 1 , wherein the response fitting is obtained by simultaneously combining a relationship between the target acoustic response and a transfer function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2022
From: SUN, SHUYUAN; MENG, YIMING; YIN, HAO; ZHANG, HENGLIZI
To: AAC MICROTECH (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060174/0788 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111671087.1 · Dec 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230217200A1 · Jul 6, 2023
Cited By (1)
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