Sound source estimation system and sound source estimation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11594243-B2
Application number	US-202117645139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 23, 2020
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

A sound source estimation system includes a microphone that detects sound which is generated from an object including a rotary device, a rotation speed acquiring unit that acquires a rotation speed of the rotary device, a frequency analyzing unit that generates frequency sound data indicating change of a frequency spectrum of sound detected by the microphone, a degree calculating unit that calculates a degree based on a loudest sound frequency indicating loudest sound out of frequencies of the sound and the rotation speed, and a degree comparing unit that determines a component with a degree closest to the degree as a sound source candidate of the noise.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound source estimation system comprising:
a sound and vibration acquiring unit configured to acquire sound which is generated from an object;
a rotation speed acquiring unit configured to acquire a rotation speed of a rotary device which is mounted in the object and which generates a rotational motion;
a frequency analyzing unit configured to generate frequency sound data indicating change of a frequency spectrum of sound detected by the sound and vibration acquiring unit;
a degree calculating unit configured to calculate a degree of a loudest sound frequency which is a frequency indicating loudest sound in the frequency sound data based on the loudest sound frequency and the rotation speed acquired by the rotation speed acquiring unit;
a component degree information acquiring unit configured to acquire degree information of a plurality of components associated with sound which is generated from the plurality of components mounted in the object with the rotational motion;
a degree comparing unit configured to determine a component with a degree closest to the degree calculated by the degree calculating unit as a sound source candidate of noise based on the degree information acquired by the component degree information acquiring unit; and
an output unit configured to output information on the sound source candidate of noise.

2. The sound source estimation system according to claim 1 , wherein the degree calculating unit calculates the degree based on the loudest sound frequency for each predetermined time and the rotation speed for each predetermined time.

3. The sound source estimation system according to claim 2 , wherein the degree calculating unit calculates an approximate straight line of which an intercept is 0 for a plurality of groups of the loudest sound frequency for each predetermined time and the rotation speed for each predetermined time and calculates a slope of the approximate straight line as the degree.

4. The sound source estimation system according to claim 1 , further comprising a data extracting unit configured to perform a process of extracting arbitrary frequency sound data out of the frequency sound data generated by the frequency analyzing unit,
wherein the degree calculating unit extracts the loudest sound frequency from the arbitrary frequency sound data subjected to the extraction process and calculates the degree based on the loudest sound frequency and the rotation speed.

5. A sound source estimation method comprising:
a sound and vibration acquiring step of acquiring sound which is generated from an object;
a rotation speed acquiring step of acquiring a rotation speed of a rotary device which is mounted in the object and which generates a rotational motion;
a frequency analyzing step of generating frequency sound data indicating change of a frequency spectrum of sound detected in the sound and vibration acquiring step;
a degree calculating step of calculating a degree of a loudest sound frequency which is a frequency indicating loudest sound in the frequency sound data generated in the frequency analyzing step based on the loudest sound frequency and the rotation speed of the rotary device acquired in the rotation speed acquiring step;
a component degree information acquiring step of acquiring degree information of a plurality of components associated with sound which is generated from the plurality of components mounted in the object with the rotational motion;
a degree comparing step of determining a component with a degree closest to the degree calculated in the degree calculating step as a sound source candidate of noise based on the degree information acquired in the component degree information acquiring step; and
an output step of outputting information on the sound source candidate of noise.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Yu

Classifications

• G10L25/51 Primary

  for comparison or discrimination · CPC title

• G01M17/007

  Wheeled or endless-tracked vehicles (G01M17/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B23/0283 Primary

  Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] (preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06) · CPC title

• G01H3/04

  Frequency · CPC title

• G05B2219/37351

  Detect vibration, ultrasound · CPC title