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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jung Keun You, Suwon-si, KR;
Kaang Dok Yee, Yongin-si, KR;
Myoung Ok Lee, Seoul, KR;
Mun Hwan Cho, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An active noise control apparatus of vehicles capable of making it difficult for a passenger in a vehicle to hear the voice of another passenger, achieving privacy protection, and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The active noise control method includes primarily determining a noise level based on a first microphone signal input through a microphone corresponding to a first seat, secondarily determining whether to output an anti-noise signal generated based on the first microphone signal and the magnitude of the anti-noise signal based on the noise level and the level of the first microphone signal, and outputting the anti-noise signal through a headrest speaker of a second seat in response to the secondary determining.