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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jung Keun You, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinmo Lee, Uiwang-si, KR;
Kaangdok Yee, Yongin-si, KR;
Jinseok Hong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joongkwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jung Woo Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Hyungjun So, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle relates to a voice masking technology for allowing only a specific passenger among passengers in the vehicle to listen to a voice communication signal such as a dial tone, and the technology inhibits the remaining passengers other than the specific passenger from listening to the voice communication signal. The vehicle includes a voice signal receiver to receive a voice signal, a speaker provided in the vehicle to output the voice signal, and a controller to perform frequency conversion of the received voice signal. In particular, the controller generates a masking sound for inhibiting transmission of information contained in the voice signal on the basis of a frequency band of the converted voice signal, and generates a control signal in a manner that the generated masking sound is output to a predetermined region of an indoor space of the vehicle.