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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2022
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Myoung Ok Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jung Keun You, Suwon-si, KR;
Mun Hwan Cho, Seoul, KR;
Kaang Dok Yee, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2006.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/1754 (2020.05); G10L 25/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for sound masking. The method includes identifying one class among a plurality of classes based on frequency characteristics of a voice of a first occupant in a vehicle, obtaining reference voice data corresponding to the identified class, generating a personalized masking sound for the first occupant by synthesizing the reference voice data with white noise, and controlling an output of the personalized masking sound.