Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle sound in a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10748520-B2
Application number	US-201916377984-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2019
Priority date	Apr 9, 2018
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for active sound management for vehicles. In one embodiment, a process for active sound management for a vehicle includes determining vehicle operation state and powertrain operation for the vehicle, and detecting sound generated by the powertrain operation of the vehicle. A synthesized sound may be determined for output based on selection of at least one frequency of the sound generated by the powertrain to drive a frequency of a sine-wave generator, synthesizing an output wave file with pitch shifting of frequency based on powertrain operation, and blending sine-wave generator output with the synthesized wave file to cancel unwanted powertrain noise and generate desired sounds for vehicles. Output of the synthesized sound may be controlled to provide simultaneous cancellation and synthesis in at least one same frequency range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for active sound management for a vehicle by a control device of the vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by a control device, vehicle operation state and powertrain operation for the vehicle;
detecting, by the control device, sound generated by the powertrain operation of the vehicle;
determining, by the control device, a synthesized sound for output based on
selection of at least one frequency of the sound generated by the powertrain to drive a frequency of a sine-wave generator,
synthesizing an output wave file with pitch shifting of frequency based on powertrain operation, and
blending sine-wave generator output with the synthesized wave file to cancel unwanted powertrain noise and generate desired sounds for vehicles; and
controlling, by the control device, output of the synthesized sound, wherein output of the synthesized sound provides simultaneous cancellation and synthesis in at least one same frequency range.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein vehicle operating states include off, park, drive, and reverse, and the powertrain operations include operation of combustion engine, electric power, and combination of combustion engine and electric power.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting sound generated by the powertrain includes determining at least one frequency generated by a combustion engine of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selection of at least one frequency is performed by a sound frequency control unit, sound frequency control unit, a localization unit, an engine order cancellation (EOC) unit, and road noise cancelation (RNC) unit to maximize engine order cancellation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein synthesizing an output wave file includes wave based synthesis by table based pitch shifting of wave files between the input signal and a pitch control rate for internal electronic sound synthesis (iESS).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein blending sine-wave generator output with the synthesized wave file includes generating a sound for each vehicle operating mode and powertrain operation, and blending transitions sound output for each mode and operation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein simultaneous cancellation and synthesis in at least one frequency range is provided by canceling noise for at least one selected frequency.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling output of the synthesized sound includes pitch shifting to create at least one of a natural increase and decrease of sound.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling output of the synthesized sound includes randomization of a synthesized wave to ensure non-repetition of sound output.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling output of the synthesized sound includes controlling a variance of a randomizer relative to speed for control of sound randomization characteristics.

11. A system for active sound management for a vehicle by a control device control device comprising:
an input configured to receive vehicle information and sound generated by the vehicle;
an output configured to output a synthesized sound; and
a controller coupled to the input and output, the controller configured to
determine vehicle operation state and powertrain operation for the vehicle;
detect sound generated by the powertrain operation of the vehicle;
determine a synthesized sound for output based on
selection of at least one frequency of the sound generated by the powertrain to drive a frequency of a sine-wave generator,
synthesizing an output wave file with pitch shifting of frequency based on powertrain operation, and
blending sine-wave generator output with the synthesized wave file to cancel unwanted powertrain noise and generate desired sounds for vehicles; and
control output of the synthesized sound, wherein output of the synthesized sound provides simultaneous cancellation and synthesis in at least one same frequency range.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein vehicle operating states include off, park, drive, and reverse, and the powertrain operations include operation of combustion engine, electric power, and combination of combustion engine and electric power.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein detecting sound generated by the powertrain includes determining at least one frequency generated by a combustion engine of the vehicle.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein selection of at least one frequency is performed by a sound frequency control unit, sound frequency control unit, a localization unit, an engine order cancellation (EOC) unit, and road noise cancelation (RNC) unit to maximize engine order cancellation.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein synthesizing an output wave file includes wave based synthesis by table based pitch shifting of wave files between the input signal and a pitch control rate for internal electronic sound synthesis (iESS).

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein output of synthesized sound is based on sinusoidal synthesis using one or more oscillators.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein blending sine-wave generator output with the synthesized wave file includes generating a sound for each vehicle operating mode and powertrain operation, and blending transitions sound output for each mode and operation.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein simultaneous cancellation and synthesis in at least one frequency range is provided by canceling noise for at least one selected frequency.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein controlling output of the synthesized sound includes pitch shifting to create at least one of a natural increase and decrease of output sound.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein controlling output of the synthesized sound includes randomization of a synthesized wave to ensure non-repetition of sound output, and controlling a variance of a randomizer relative to speed for control of sound randomization characteristics.

Assignees

• Harman Int Ind

Inventors

• Trumpy David
• Venkata Divya Sishtla
• Adari Santosh
• Bastyr Kevin J
• Dembinski Jens
• Pelle Nicolas
• Udumula Prashanth

Classifications

• G10K2210/1282

  Automobiles · CPC title

• G10K2210/121

  Rotating machines, e.g. engines, turbines, motors; Periodic or quasi-periodic signals in general · CPC title

• G10K11/178 Primary

  by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase · CPC title

• G10K2210/51

  Improving tonal quality, e.g. mimicking sports cars · CPC title

• G10K11/17883

  the reference signal being derived from a machine operating condition, e.g. engine RPM or vehicle speed · CPC title