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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2014
Applicants:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Bassam S. Shahmurad, Clinton Township, MI (US);

MD Foezur Rahman Chowdhury, Troy, MI (US);

Assignees:

General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);

GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/16 (2006.01); H03B 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/16 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1282 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle audio quality system for suppressing sudden vehicle cabin noise is provided, as well as methods of using the system. The system includes: an arrangement of heterogeneous microphones and a noise cancellation module (NCM). The microphone arrangement includes: a first microphone and a plurality of secondary microphones. The NCM includes a controller and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing application software executable by the controller to improve the quality of desired cabin audio received by the first microphone, the software performing the steps of: receiving a desired audio input from the first microphone; receiving supplemental audio input via the plurality of secondary microphones that includes a sudden cabin noise input; and applying a suppression procedure to the sudden cabin noise input.


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