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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Youngbeom Kim, Bucheon-si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle that efficiently prevents a driver from eavesdropping a voice of a passenger may include: a driver's seat having a headrest speaker in a headrest thereof; the headrest speaker configured to output a sound, a front passenger seat, at least one rear passenger seat; a microphone configured to detect a voice of the passenger seated on the at least one rear passenger seat; and a controller configured to generate a masking curve based on the voice of the passenger and output a masking sound corresponding to the masking curve by controlling the headrest speaker.