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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ranjani Rangarajan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Leah Busch, Berkley, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/40 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 19/02 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 21/0308 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/406 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/326 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 13/0335 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 19/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0308 (2013.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure describes systems and methods for processing audio signals in a vehicle to perform sound source separation. The sound source separation is performed using transfer functions and involves separation of the speech of multiple occupants. The separated speech can be used to isolate and correctly respond to a command to control vehicle systems.