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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2021
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Alaa M. Khamis, Courtice, CA;
Gaurav Talwar, Novi, MI (US);
Romeo D. Garcia, Jr., Waterford, MI (US);
Carmine F. D'agostino, Canton, MI (US);
Neeraj R. Gautama, Whitby, CA;
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a plurality of microphones to obtain speech from a person outside the vehicle as an input signal and a sensor system to determine a location and orientation of the person relative to the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a controller to determine characteristics of the input signal and to determine whether to perform speech enhancement on the input signal based on one or more of the characteristics and the location and orientation of the person.