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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Steven Griffin, Kihei, HI (US);
Adam Robert Weston, Brier, WA (US);
Daryn David Kono, Pukalani, HI (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Active noise control (ANC) is performed within a vehicle. Suppressed sound is produced by suppressing frequencies of ambient sound above a threshold frequency that enter an interior cavity of a sound-suppressing enclosure disposed within, and spaced from, interior walls of the vehicle. A microphone disposed within the interior cavity of the sound-suppressing enclosure receives feedback comprising a combination of the suppressed sound produced by the sound-suppressing enclosure and antinoise produced by one or more speakers mounted to a headrest disposed within the interior cavity of the sound-suppressing enclosure. The speakers are controlled to produce the antinoise based on the feedback, such that the antinoise destructively interferes with frequencies of the suppressed sound that are above the threshold frequency.