Abrégé

A vocal removal method and a system thereof are provided. In the vocal removal method, a voice separation model is generated and trained to process a real-time input music to separate the voice and the accompaniment. The vocal removal method further comprises the steps of feature extraction and reconstruction to obtain the voice minimized music.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10H 1/36 - Dispositions pour l'accompagnement
• G10L 21/028 - Séparation du signal de voix utilisant les propriétés des sources sonores
• G10L 25/81 - Détection de la présence ou de l’absence de signaux de voix pour différencier la parole de la musique
• G10L 21/06 - Transformation de la parole en une représentation non audible, p.ex. visualisation de la parole ou traitement de la parole pour les aides tactiles
• G10L 25/30 - Techniques d'analyses de la parole ou de la voix qui ne se limitent pas à un seul des groupes caractérisées par la technique d’analyse utilisant des réseaux neuronaux

Abrégé

Embodiments of the present disclosure sets forth a computer-implemented method comprising receiving, from at least one sensor, sensor data associated with an environment, computing, based on the sensor data, a cognitive load associated with a user within the environment, computing, based on the sensor data, an affective load associated with an emotional state of the user, determining, based on both the cognitive load at the affective load, an affective-cognitive load, determining, based on the affective-cognitive load, a user readiness state associated with the user, and causing one or more actions to occur based on the user readiness state.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes
• B60W 40/08 - Calcul ou estimation des paramètres de fonctionnement pour les systèmes d'aide à la conduite de véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier liés aux conducteurs ou aux passagers
• G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
• G06V 20/59 - Contexte ou environnement de l’image à l’intérieur d’un véhicule, p.ex. concernant l’occupation des sièges, l’état du conducteur ou les conditions de l’éclairage intérieur

Abrégé

An active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to receiving an anti-noise signal. At least one microphone provides an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin. An occupancy controller is programmed to modify a transfer function between the at least one microphone and at least one virtual microphone based on an occupancy signal indicative of occupant presence within the passenger cabin. An adaptive filter controller is programmed to filter the error signal using the transfer function to obtain an estimated virtual microphone error signal. A controllable filter generates the anti-noise signal based on the estimated virtual microphone error signal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales

Abrégé

A method adapted for a vital monitoring system and the vital monitoring system are provided. The method obtains a current data block for data processing; searches the data block for vital data consisting of multiple pulse parts and stable parts, wherein the pulse parts and stable parts are interleaved; obtains a first interval and a second interval, wherein the first interval is an interval between two consecutive pulse parts at the beginning of the current data block, and wherein the second interval is an interval between two consecutive pulse parts at the end of the current data block; compares the first interval and the second interval; and alters a step size for stepping current data block forward, based on the comparison.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61B 5/18 - Dispositifs pour l'exécution des tests de capacité pour conducteurs de véhicules
• A61B 5/0205 - Evaluation simultanée de l'état cardio-vasculaire et de l'état d'autres parties du corps, p.ex. de l'état cardiaque et respiratoire
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
• A61B 5/024 - Mesure du pouls ou des pulsations cardiaques
• G06F 13/16 - Gestion de demandes d'interconnexion ou de transfert pour l'accès au bus de mémoire

Abrégé

Embodiments are disclosed for a group security scheme for an autonomous vehicle engaged in a collaborative machine learning approach. As an example, a method comprises: generating, in a vehicle, a digital signature based on a first key and a second key, both of the first key and the second key received from a group manager, and transmitting a message signed with the digital signature to a collaborator, the message including coefficients of a local machine learning model of the vehicle. In this way, an accuracy of the local machine learning model of the vehicle may be increased, while a privacy of the vehicle is increased.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 12/0433 - Protocoles de gestion des clés
• B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes

Abrégé

Provided are a computer-implemented method and apparatus for predicting virtual road sign locations of virtual road signs that may be superimposed onto environmental data of a vehicle. The method includes collecting, as a first training data subset, one or more aerial and/or satellite images of a pre-determined region; obtaining, as a second training data subset, geocentric positions of key point markers in the pre-determined region; supplying the first and second training data subsets to a deep neural network as training dataset; training the deep neural network on the training dataset to predict key point marker locations in a region of interest, the key point marker locations corresponding to virtual road sign locations; defining a region of interest as input dataset; and processing the input dataset by the trained deep neural network to predict key point marker locations within the defined region of interest.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06V 20/58 - Reconnaissance d’objets en mouvement ou d’obstacles, p.ex. véhicules ou piétons; Reconnaissance des objets de la circulation, p.ex. signalisation routière, feux de signalisation ou routes
• G06V 20/56 - Contexte ou environnement de l’image à l’extérieur d’un véhicule à partir de capteurs embarqués
• G06V 20/13 - Images satellite

Abrégé

A headphone system includes an audio output device, an ear pad coupled to a first side of the audio output device, and an inflatable pouch coupled to a second side of the audio output device. In some embodiments, the inflatable pouch inflates in at least a direction away from the second side of the audio output device.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• A42B 3/30 - Montage de postes radio ou de systèmes de communication

Abrégé

The disclosure relates to a method and system of virtualized spatial audio. The method may use a motion sensor to track a listener's movement, obtain location information associated with the listener's movement, and produce virtual sound adaptively based on the location information associated with the listener's movement. The location information may include distance information and direction information regarding the listener relative to the motion sensor.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage

Abrégé

Methods and systems are described for a behavioral security layer for a remote keyless system of a vehicle, such as a remote keyless entry (RKE) system or a remote keyless ignition (RKI) system. An embodiment of the method may include processing a transmission for an operation of the remote keyless system of the vehicle, determining whether the transmission is associated with behavior of a legitimate user of the vehicle, using the behavioral security layer; and performing an action based on a determination that the transmission is not associated with behavior of a legitimate user of the vehicle.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
• G06F 21/31 - Authentification de l’utilisateur

Abrégé

Computer-implemented method for determining coordinates of navigation key points indicative of road sign locations and/or turn points, the method comprising: collecting, as a first training data subset, one or more first images of a first camera comprised in a mobile device; obtaining, as a second training data subset, image-related coordinates of navigation key points related to the images of the first training data subset; supplying the first training data subset and the second training data subset to an artificial neural network as a training dataset; training the artificial neural network on the training dataset to predict image-related coordinates of navigation key points indicative of road sign locations and/or turn points; capturing a second image of a second camera as an input dataset, processing the input dataset by the artificial neural network to predict image-related coordinates of navigation key points indicative of road sign locations and/or turn points.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01C 21/36 - Dispositions d'entrée/sortie pour des calculateurs embarqués
• G06V 20/58 - Reconnaissance d’objets en mouvement ou d’obstacles, p.ex. véhicules ou piétons; Reconnaissance des objets de la circulation, p.ex. signalisation routière, feux de signalisation ou routes

Abrégé

A vehicle display system may include a light guide, a quantum dot film arranged adjacent with the light guide and configured to receive blue light from the light guide and convert the blue light to red and green light, at least one buffer film, and a blue color filter arranged between the quantum dot film and the at least one buffer film, the blue color filter configured to transmit blue light back to the quantum dot film to further convert the red and green light.

Classes IPC  ?

• G02F 1/13357 - Dispositifs d'éclairage
• G02F 1/1335 - Association structurelle de cellules avec des dispositifs optiques, p.ex. des polariseurs ou des réflecteurs
• F21V 8/00 - Utilisation de guides de lumière, p.ex. dispositifs à fibres optiques, dans les dispositifs ou systèmes d'éclairage

Abrégé

A computer-implemented method and apparatus for accurately determining a vehicle's position and predicting navigation key points in real time. The method including instructing a vehicle mounted camera to capture a plurality of images, computing the angular changes between a first image and a subsequent second image, determining the vehicle's position and heading vector from the computed angular changes, collecting at least one image of the plurality of images as a first training subset, obtaining image-related coordinates of navigation key points as a second training subset related to the at least one image of the first training data subset, supplying the first and second training data subset to an artificial neural network as a training dataset, and training the artificial neural network on the training dataset to predict image-related coordinates of navigation key points indicative of road sign locations and/or turn points.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01C 21/30 - Mise en coïncidence avec des cartes ou des contours
• G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques

Abrégé

An active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project an anti-noise sound within a room in response to receiving an anti-noise signal. A first controller is programmed to adjust a transfer function indicative of a secondary path between the at least one loudspeaker and at least one microphone within the room based on a resonance frequency of the at least one loudspeaker, and to generate the anti-noise signal based on the adjusted transfer function.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales

Abrégé

Examples are provided for traffic pole verification systems. In one example, a traffic detection system in a vehicle includes a navigation sensor, a communication system, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a current location information of the vehicle, obtain a referring traffic pole information based on the current location information, receive one or more of cryptographic pole data and associated cryptographic sign data via the communication system from a transmitter associated with a prospective referring traffic pole including an associated traffic sign mounted thereon; and selectively control one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based on cryptographic verification of the prospective referring pole using the obtained referring traffic pole information; wherein the cryptographic verification of the prospective referring pole is performed after successful signature verification of the one or more of cryptographic pole data and associated cryptographic sign data.

Classes IPC  ?

• G08G 1/0967 - Systèmes impliquant la transmission d'informations pour les grands axes de circulation, p.ex. conditions météorologiques, limites de vitesse
• G08G 1/0962 - Dispositions pour donner des instructions variables pour le trafic avec un indicateur monté à l'intérieur du véhicule, p.ex. délivrant des messages vocaux
• G08G 1/09 - Dispositions pour donner des instructions variables pour le trafic
• H04L 9/30 - Clé publique, c. à d. l'algorithme de chiffrement étant impossible à inverser par ordinateur et les clés de chiffrement des utilisateurs n'exigeant pas le secret
• H04L 9/08 - Répartition de clés

Abrégé

A loudspeaker assembly for attachment to an exterior portion of a vehicle. The assembly including a loudspeaker, a base enclosure, and a grille enclosure. The loudspeaker transmits an audio output into an environment that is exterior to the vehicle. The base enclosure receives the loudspeaker and includes a first ramped surface formed on an exterior portion thereof. The grille enclosure includes an integrated loudspeaker grille to cover the loudspeaker. The grille enclosure further includes a second ramped surface positioned on an exterior portion thereof and being positioned directly adjacent to the first ramped surface of the base enclosure when the base enclosure is coupled to the grille enclosure. Each of the first ramped surface and the second ramped surface is non-perpendicular to the integrated loudspeaker grille.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/02 - Boîtiers; Meubles; Montages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling aspects of a virtual concert is provided. The apparatus includes one or more controllers and at least one computing device. The one or more controllers are positioned in a venue and are configured to control features of a live performance at the venue based on at least one first signal. The at least one computing device is programmed to receive a second signal indicative of a command to control at least a portion of the live performance from directly from a user that is remote from the venue and to transmit the at least one first signal to the one or more controllers to control the features of the live performance.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/4784 - Services additionnels, p.ex. affichage de l'identification d'un appelant téléphonique ou application d'achat réception de récompenses
• H04N 23/661 - Transmission des signaux de commande de la caméra par le biais de réseaux, p. ex. la commande via Internet
• H05B 47/155 - Commande coordonnée de plusieurs sources lumineuses
• G06Q 10/02 - Réservations, p.ex. pour billetterie, services ou manifestations
• H04N 21/2187 - Transmission en direct
• H04N 21/485 - Interface pour utilisateurs finaux pour la configuration du client
• H04N 21/4788 - Services additionnels, p.ex. affichage de l'identification d'un appelant téléphonique ou application d'achat communication avec d'autres utilisateurs, p.ex. discussion en ligne
• H04N 23/90 - Agencement de caméras ou de modules de caméras, p. ex. de plusieurs caméras dans des studios de télévision ou des stades de sport

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a system for remotely creating an audio and video mix of a live performance is provided. A media controller is positioned in a venue and being programmed to transmit one or more audio streams and one or more video streams for a live performance at the venue. A server is programmed to receive the one or more audio streams and the one or more video streams from the venue and to transmit the one or more audio streams and the one or more video streams to a streaming platform. A computing device being programmed to play back the modified at least one of the audio properties of the one or more audio streams and the video properties of the one or more video streams for the user.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/218 - Source du contenu audio ou vidéo, p.ex. réseaux de disques locaux
• H04N 21/43 - Traitement de contenu ou données additionnelles, p.ex. démultiplexage de données additionnelles d'un flux vidéo numérique; Opérations élémentaires de client, p.ex. surveillance du réseau domestique ou synchronisation de l'horloge du décodeur; Intergiciel de client
• H04N 21/2187 - Transmission en direct
• H04N 21/2387 - Traitement de flux en réponse à une requête de reproduction par un utilisateur final, p.ex. pour la lecture à vitesse variable ("trick play")

Abrégé

A road noise cancellation (RNC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to an anti-noise signal; and a controller. The controller is programmed to: determine a coherence value between a noise signal indicative of road induced noise and an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin; estimate a noise reduction value based on the coherence value; filter the noise signal and the error signal based on the estimated noise reduction value; and generate the anti-noise signal based on the filtered noise signal and the filtered error signal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales

Abrégé

An electronic device having at least one circuit board. The circuit board has a predetermined pattern of solder bumps facilitating a ground connection with a first enclosure member and/or a second enclosure member. The at least one circuit board is sandwiched between the first and second enclosure members, each of the first and second enclosure members has a surface facing the circuit board and the surface facing the circuit board has a bead extending therefrom contacting the predetermined pattern of solder bumps to complete the ground connection.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05K 3/34 - Connexions soudées
• H05K 1/02 - Circuits imprimés - Détails

Abrégé

Mechanisms and methods are provided for improving wireless audio transmission and synchronization for multi-channel Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) systems. In various embodiments, mechanisms and methods may include generating transmissions having a plurality of Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to BLE-compliant slave devices. The plurality of PDUs may be stored in a buffer. When an error is determined to have occurred in transmitting one of the PDUs, a re-transmission to the slave device may be generated, which may include the PDU in error and any subsequent PDUs of the plurality of PDUs.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 4/80 - Services utilisant la communication de courte portée, p.ex. la communication en champ proche, l'identification par radiofréquence ou la communication à faible consommation d’énergie
• H04W 56/00 - Dispositions de synchronisation
• H04L 1/08 - Dispositions pour détecter ou empêcher les erreurs dans l'information reçue par émission répétée, p.ex. système Verdan

Abrégé

The disclosure describes a method adapted for a driver monitoring system and the driver monitoring system. The method may comprise obtaining sequences of frames, wherein each sequence of frames consists of N arrays of color scalars corresponding to N face zones of a driver. For each array, the method may determine whether bad color scalars exist in the array; and perform interpolation adaptively to the array based on locations of bad color scalars in the array, in response to the determination of bad color scalars existing in the array.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61B 5/024 - Mesure du pouls ou des pulsations cardiaques
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus

Abrégé

The disclosure describes a method adapted for a driver monitoring system and the driver monitoring system. The method may comprise obtaining sequences of frames, wherein each sequence of frames consists of N arrays of color scalars corresponding to N face zones of a driver. For each array, the method may determine whether bad color scalars exist in the array; and perform interpolation adaptively to the array based on locations of bad color scalars in the array, in response to the determination of bad color scalars existing in the array.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61B 5/024 - Mesure du pouls ou des pulsations cardiaques
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus

Abrégé

Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth a noise-reducing loudspeaker and systems implementing such. In one aspect, a loudspeaker apparatus comprises a diaphragm. The diaphragm comprises an acoustic layer configured to emit output sounds toward a first side of the loudspeaker apparatus; and a first sound attenuation layer configured to attenuate sounds passing from a second side of the loudspeaker apparatus to the first side through the diaphragm, where the first sound attenuation layer is positioned nearer to the second side relative to the acoustic layer.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/28 - Supports de transducteurs ou enceintes conçus pour réponse de fréquence spécifique; Enceintes de transducteurs modifiées au moyen d'impédances mécaniques ou acoustiques, p.ex. résonateur, moyen d'amortissement
• H04R 7/02 - Membranes pour transducteurs électromécaniques; Cônes caractérisés par la structure

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a system for synchronizing an audio stream is provided. The system includes a first loudspeaker and an audio controller. The first loudspeaker plays back a first audio output signal including first signature information. The audio controller provides a first audio input signal and superimpose the first signature information on the first audio input signal. The audio controller receives the first audio output signal including the first audio packets and the first signature information and to detect the first signature information. The audio controller determines a delay attributed to a transmission of the first audio input signal and the first audio output signal based on the first signature information and synchronizes the transmission of a second audio input signal from the audio controller to the first loudspeaker with the playback of another audio output signal from a second loudspeaker based at least on the delay.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits
• H04S 5/00 - Systèmes pseudo-stéréophoniques, p.ex. dans lesquels les signaux d'un canal supplémentaire sont dérivés du signal monophonique par déphasage, retardement ou réverbération

Abrégé

A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a transducer arranged in a loudspeaker enclosure, the loudspeaker enclosure enclosing a rear part of the transducer, and an aperture-defining structure (hereinafter, the aperture) mounted on a front side of the transducer in a direction of propagation of sound emitted by the transducer. The transducer is configured to emit sound within a wide frequency range, and at frequencies of above a predetermined threshold. The aperture is configured to amplify sound at predetermined frequencies or within a predetermined frequency range within the wide frequency range, and to let sound at all other frequencies within the wide frequency range pass essentially unaltered. The loudspeaker enclosure is sized such that the resonance frequency of the loudspeaker enclosure matches the resonance frequency of the transducer in free air, wherein the resonance frequency of the transducer in free air is below the predetermined threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/28 - Supports de transducteurs ou enceintes conçus pour réponse de fréquence spécifique; Enceintes de transducteurs modifiées au moyen d'impédances mécaniques ou acoustiques, p.ex. résonateur, moyen d'amortissement
• H04R 1/02 - Boîtiers; Meubles; Montages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 7/12 - Membranes non planes ou cônes
• H04R 1/30 - Combinaisons de transducteurs avec des pavillons, p.ex. avec des moyens d'équilibrage mécanique
• G10K 11/30 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour transmettre, conduire ou diriger le son pour focaliser ou pour diriger le son, p.ex. balayage utilisant la réfraction, p.ex. lentilles acoustiques
• B60Q 5/00 - Agencement ou adaptation des dispositifs de signalisation acoustique
• B60R 11/02 - Autres aménagements pour tenir ou monter des objets pour postes radio, de télévision, téléphones, ou objets similaires; Disposition de leur commande

Abrégé

A system for providing an audio interface at a mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes an interface programmed detect a loudspeaker system. The mobile device presents, via a user interface, a display screen to receive user input of sweet-spot commands. The mobile devices send sweet-spot parameters to the loudspeaker system in response to the sweet-spot commands.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 5/02 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles de haut-parleurs
• H04S 3/00 - Systèmes utilisant plus de deux canaux, p.ex. systèmes quadriphoniques
• G06F 3/04847 - Techniques d’interaction pour la commande des valeurs des paramètres, p.ex. interaction avec des règles ou des cadrans
• G06F 3/0484 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] pour la commande de fonctions ou d’opérations spécifiques, p.ex. sélection ou transformation d’un objet, d’une image ou d’un élément de texte affiché, détermination d’une valeur de paramètre ou sélection d’une plage de valeurs
• G06F 3/04817 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p.ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comport utilisant des icônes
• G06F 3/0482 - Interaction avec des listes d’éléments sélectionnables, p.ex. des menus
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits
• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôle; Dispositifs de tests

Abrégé

An electronic device having at least one circuit board. The circuit board has a predetermined pattern of solder bumps facilitating a ground connection with a first enclosure member and/or a second enclosure member. The at least one circuit board is sandwiched between the first and second enclosure members, each of the first and second enclosure members has a surface facing the circuit board and the surface facing the circuit board has a bead extending therefrom contacting the predetermined pattern of solder bumps to complete the ground connection.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05K 3/34 - Connexions soudées
• H05K 1/02 - Circuits imprimés - Détails

Abrégé

Embodiments for on-demand processing of audiovisual data are provided. In one example, a method for on-demand audiovisual (AV) data processing for playback in a vehicle includes pre-processing, with a local digital signal processor of the vehicle, an AV data file, the pre-processing including forming a plurality of digital AV signals from the AV data file, sending at least a portion of the plurality of digital AV signals to a cloud-based server configured to apply one or more processing features to the at least the portion of the plurality of digital AV signals, receiving processed versions of the at least the portion of the plurality of digital AV signals from the cloud-based server, and outputting the processed versions of the at least the portion of the plurality of digital AV signals to one or more AV sinks of the vehicle.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/414 - Plate-formes spécialisées de client, p.ex. récepteur au sein d'une voiture ou intégré dans un appareil mobile
• H04N 21/439 - Traitement de flux audio élémentaires
• H04N 21/442 - Surveillance de procédés ou de ressources, p.ex. détection de la défaillance d'un dispositif d'enregistrement, surveillance de la bande passante sur la voie descendante, du nombre de visualisations d'un film, de l'espace de stockage disponible dans l

Abrégé

A display assembly for a vehicle includes a support chassis having a recess, and a display module at least partially received within the recess, the display module having a front side and a back side. A cover lens is attached to the front side of the display module with a bonding material and coupled to the support chassis in a floating mounting arrangement using a flexible adhesive.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60K 35/00 - Agencement ou adaptations des instruments
• G02F 1/1333 - Dispositions relatives à la structure

Abrégé

A True Wireless System (TWS)headphone is provided, which comprises a charging case and one or two earbuds. The earbuds may be attached into the charging case by a two pogo pin connector. The earbuds can detect the different status of the battery in the charging case via the two pogo pin connector and can auto power on or off accordingly when taken out or put into the charging case.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• G01R 19/155 - Indication de l'existence d'une tension
• H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
• G01R 1/067 - Sondes de mesure

Abrégé

The disclosure describes a method for a multi-channel speaker system including N speakers. The method may comprise obtaining N! permutations of channel sequence for the N speakers; determining, for each permutation, a voting score that represents the matching degree between the channel sequence indicated in a permutation and a correct channel assignment sequence of the N speakers; selecting the permutation with the highest voting score; and assigning input source channels to the N speakers in the order of the channel sequence indicated in the selected permutation.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôle; Dispositifs de tests
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage

Abrégé

Aspects disclosed herein generally related to a method and system for efficient blind source separation using a topological approach. The method and system comprise locating and separating the audio streams by constructing and simplifying contour tree in a built time-frequency smooth weighted histogram in the subsystems included. Thus, in one example, the audio streams can be separated and reproduced in a faster, more reliability, higher quality and more robust way.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 21/0308 - Séparation du signal de voix caractérisée par le type de mesure du paramètre, p.ex. techniques de corrélation, techniques de passage par zéro ou techniques prédictives
• G10L 25/18 - Techniques d'analyses de la parole ou de la voix qui ne se limitent pas à un seul des groupes caractérisées par le type de paramètres extraits les paramètres extraits étant l’information spectrale de chaque sous-bande
• G10L 21/14 - Transformation en information visible en affichant l’information du domaine fréquentiel

Abrégé

A headphone arrangement includes two earphones, wherein each earphone comprises a housing encompassing a low-frequency transducer and an array of at least three high-frequency transducers. The low-frequency transducer of each earphone is disposed on or over an ear canal of a user when the earphone is worn by the user, and is configured to broadcast low-frequency sound that corresponds to low-frequency components of an input signal. The array of at least three high frequency transducers of each array are configured to broadcast high-frequency sound that corresponds to high-frequency components of the input signal, and the array of at least three high frequency transducers of each array is disposed adjacent to the low-frequency transducer and in a lower rostral quadrant of a full circle around the low-frequency transducer when the earphone is worn by the user.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage

Abrégé

There is provided a method and system for calibrating a human state sensor, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of output values of the sensor, the output values being indicative of a mental and/or physiological state of a user; determining a boundary output value based on the detected plurality of output values, wherein a predetermined part of the detected output values is higher or lower than the boundary output value; determining a threshold output value of the sensor based on the boundary output value.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61B 5/18 - Dispositifs pour l'exécution des tests de capacité pour conducteurs de véhicules

Abrégé

The disclosure relates to a method and system for determining a suggested route. The method comprises determining one or more routes from a starting point to a destination point, based on a representation of roads, determining one or more route properties associated with at least a respective part of the one or more routes, assigning a respective stress level indicator to the one or more route properties, determining the suggested route of the one or more routes based on a comparison of the assigned stress level indicators.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01C 21/34 - Recherche d'itinéraire; Guidage en matière d'itinéraire

Abrégé

A system and method for a web-based portal for certification of an application software (App). A draft App is created and submitted, by an App developer, to the web-based portal where a mediate administrator reviews, approves, or rejects the draft App based on a set of targets set by an App provider. The mediate administrator communicates rejection of the draft App to the developer. The mediate administrator communicates approval of the draft App to the developer and to one or more providers. The one or more providers perform their own review of the App and may modify the approved App with further target attributes. An approved App is published by the developer. An approved and/or modified approved App may be offered to a user by way of an in-vehicle infotainment system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 8/10 - Analyse des exigences; Techniques de spécification
• G06F 8/20 - Conception de logiciels
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 10/101 - Création collaborative, p.ex. développement conjoint de produits ou de services
• G06Q 10/10 - Bureautique; Gestion du temps

Abrégé

In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a set of two or more first media signals from two or more consoles included in a vehicle, where each of the two or more consoles are included in a common communication session, combining the set of two or more first media signals to generate a composite media signal, transmitting, via a communication link, the composite media signal to a remote destination, receiving, via the communication link, a remote media signal from the remote destination, and causing the two or more first media signals and the remote media signal to be reproduced at the two or more consoles.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 65/1089 - Procédures en session en supprimant des médias
• H04L 65/80 - Dispositions, protocoles ou services dans les réseaux de communication de paquets de données pour prendre en charge les applications en temps réel en répondant à la qualité des services [QoS]
• H04L 65/403 - Dispositions pour la communication multipartite, p.ex. pour les conférences
• H04M 1/72412 - Interfaces utilisateur spécialement adaptées aux téléphones sans fil ou mobiles avec des moyens de soutien local des applications accroissant la fonctionnalité par interfaçage avec des accessoires externes utilisant des interfaces sans fil bidirectionnelles à courte portée
• H04M 1/60 - COMMUNICATIONS TÉLÉPHONIQUES Équipement de sous-station, p.ex. pour utilisation par l'abonné comprenant des amplificateurs de parole

Abrégé

Various embodiments also include a computer-implemented method comprising determining a communications mode for a plurality of consoles operating within a vehicle, based on the determined communications mode, initiating an in-vehicle communication between a set of consoles included in the plurality of consoles, where the set of consoles includes at least a first console and a second console, in response to the in-vehicle communication, causing each of the set of consoles to attenuate volumes of a set of content items playing on each of the set of consoles, and receiving a speech signal generated by a first user of the set of consoles, and causing the set of consoles to reproduce the speech signal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 3/16 - Entrée acoustique; Sortie acoustique
• H04W 4/48 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication dans le véhicule

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker assembly is provided. The loudspeaker assembly includes a loudspeaker and a waveguide. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm to transmit an audio output. The waveguide being asymmetrical and at least partially surrounding the diaphragm. The waveguide being configured to control a directivity of the audio output.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/34 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en utilisant un seul transducteur avec des moyens réfléchissant, diffractant, dirigeant ou guidant des sons
• H04R 1/02 - Boîtiers; Meubles; Montages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 7/12 - Membranes non planes ou cônes

Abrégé

A method includes performing an authentication for a user based on a headphone transfer function (HPTF) of the user when the user wears the headphone. The method includes detecting whether a frequency response deviation exists between the HPTF of the user and a tuned HPTF. The method includes dynamically compensating for the HPTF of the user based on the detected frequency response deviation.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôle; Dispositifs de tests
• H04R 3/04 - Circuits pour transducteurs pour corriger la fréquence de réponse

Abrégé

The disclosure provides a system for music visualization and a loudspeaker system including the system for music visualization. The system may comprises: a passive radiator configured to be movable in a direction of excursion while music is being played; a plurality of lenses operably attached to the passive radiator and configured to move together with the passive radiator; and a plurality of light sources disposed relative to the plurality of lenses so that the light emitted from the plurality of light sources passes through the plurality of lenses and is projected on an environment surface to form at least one projected area.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/02 - Boîtiers; Meubles; Montages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci

Abrégé

Embodiments are disclosed for display configurations for providing an augmented reality heads-up display. In one or more examples, a heads-up display device includes at least one display and the heads-up display updates sizes and positions of virtual objects multiple times for each image that is captured via a camera. The virtual objects may be updated based on a trajectory of an object in the real-world.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 5/272 - Moyens pour insérer une image de premier plan dans une image d'arrière plan, c. à d. incrustation, effet inverse

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting cabin settings. In one example, a method comprises communicating with one or more mobile devices paired with a vehicle, learning, with a model, a plurality of comfort settings associated with the vehicle in the presence of one or more mobile devices and vehicle occupants, and automatically adjusting the plurality of comfort settings in response to a current set of sensed mobile devices and vehicle occupants correlating with a previous set of sensed mobile devices and vehicle occupants associated with the learned model.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 16/037 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleurs; Agencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour le confort des occupants

Abrégé

A wireless headphone system is provided. The system includes a first earbud, a second earbud, and one or more controllers. The first earbud is programmed to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device to playback an audio output in a first ear for a user. The second earbud is programmed to wirelessly communicate with the mobile device to playback the audio output in a second ear from the user. The at least one controller is programmed to determine whether the first earbud or the second earbud has been removed from the first ear or the second ear, respectively, and to enable the user to provide a first audio input into a microphone of the first earbud or the second earbud that is removed from the first ear or the second ear, respectively.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôle; Dispositifs de tests
• G06F 3/16 - Entrée acoustique; Sortie acoustique

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a road alert system is provided. The system includes a loudspeaker array and at least one controller. The loudspeaker array transmits an audio output signal to a vehicle traveling on a road. The at least one controller is programmed to receive a message indicative of a warning for the vehicle for transmission on the audio output signal and to apply equalization parameters to the message to increase in-vehicle speech intelligibility of the audio output signal within the vehicle. The at least one controller is further programmed to transmit the audio output signal via the loudspeaker array in a beamforming mode to minimize noise pollution for objects positioned along the road.

Classes IPC  ?

• G08G 1/04 - Détection du mouvement du trafic pour le comptage ou la commande utilisant des détecteurs optiques ou ultrasonores
• G08G 1/01 - Détection du mouvement du trafic pour le comptage ou la commande
• H04W 4/44 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication entre véhicules et infrastructures, p.ex. véhicule à nuage ou véhicule à domicile

Abrégé

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for implementing virtualized Road-Side Units (vRSUs). Edge computing devices implementing one or more vRSU services may associate vehicles with identifiers that are based at least in part upon the locations of the vehicles. The locations may be established by location services of the edge computing devices, based upon communication received from the vehicles via wireless cellular communication links. The edge computing devices may then process infrastructure information that they receive, for distribution to the vehicles, at the vRSU services. Based upon the processing of infrastructure information at the vRSU services, messages may be generated for transmission to the vehicles (e.g., over the wireless cellular communication links), with the messages carrying information based upon the infrastructure information, such as in the form of safety messages and/or information messages.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 4/44 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication entre véhicules et infrastructures, p.ex. véhicule à nuage ou véhicule à domicile
• H04W 76/10 - Gestion de la connexion Établissement de la connexion

Abrégé

Examples are disclosed for systems and methods for monitoring and filtering data transmitted to a vehicle connected to a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method for an edge node of a wireless network comprises routing traffic of the wireless network to a vehicle connected to the wireless network through the edge node; examining the traffic for potentially malicious content at the edge node; transmitting data packets of the traffic without potentially malicious content to the vehicle; and not transmitting data packets of the traffic with potentially malicious content to the vehicle.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 9/40 - Protocoles réseaux de sécurité

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, an audio system is provided. The audio system includes a plurality of loudspeaker, a plurality of microphones, and an audio controller. The plurality of loudspeakers transmits an audio signal in a listening environment. The plurality of microphones detects the audio signal in the listening environment. The at least one audio controller is configured to determine a first psychoacoustic perceived loudness (PPL) of the audio signal as the audio signal is played back through a first loudspeaker of the plurality of loudspeakers and to determine a second PPL of the audio signal as the audio signal is sensed by a first microphone of the plurality of microphones. The at least one audio controller is further configured to map the first loudspeaker of the plurality of loudspeakers to the first microphone of the plurality of microphones based at least on the first PPL and the second PPL.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 5/02 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles de haut-parleurs
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p.ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits

Abrégé

Embodiments are disclosed for a method for controlling backlighting of a heads up display of a vehicle. In one example, the method includes adjusting different backlighting regions of the heads up display differently without analyzing a displayed image. In another example, different backlighting regions include a first region and a second region that do not overlap, and adjusting is based on a vehicle operating parameter, user input, and/or a vehicle mode. In another example, backlighting is controlled via a backlight with an array of light emitting elements, and regions include separate adjacent groups of light emitting elements.

Classes IPC  ?

• G09G 3/34 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande présentant un intérêt uniquement pour l'affichage utilisant des moyens de visualisation autres que les tubes à rayons cathodiques pour la présentation d'un ensemble de plusieurs caractères, p.ex. d'une page, en composant l'ensemble par combinaison d'éléments individuels disposés en matrice en commandant la lumière provenant d'une source indépendante
• B60K 35/00 - Agencement ou adaptations des instruments

Abrégé

A power circuit for a wireless earphone includes a first charging terminal, a second charging terminal, a charger, a battery circuit, and a control circuit. The charger is enabled via a voltage across the first charging terminal and the second charging terminal. The battery circuit is connected to the charger. The control circuit is connected to the first charging terminal and the battery circuit. The control circuit is configured to enable or disable with a supply of power from the battery circuit based on a control signal provided by the first charging terminal.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries

Abrégé

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating audio for a speaker system. The technique includes receiving an audio input signal, a first location associated with the audio input signal, a first geometric model of the speaker system, and a second geometric model of one or more surfaces in proximity to the speaker system. The technique also includes generating a plurality of output signals for a plurality of speaker drivers in the speaker system based on the audio input signal, the first location, and the first and second geometric models. The technique further includes transmitting the plurality of output signals to the plurality of speaker drivers, wherein the plurality of speaker drivers emit audio that corresponds to the plurality of output signals, the emitted audio rendering a sound corresponding to the audio input signal at the first location.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 3/12 - Circuits pour transducteurs pour distribuer des signaux à plusieurs haut-parleurs
• H04R 5/02 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles de haut-parleurs

Abrégé

A charging box for wireless earphones includes a battery; a plurality of contacts configured to be in contact with the wireless earphones when the wireless earphones are provided in the charging box; a charging circuit configured to electrically couple the battery to the plurality of contacts for charging the wireless earphones; an audio sensor configured to sense environment sounds and provide signals representative of the environment sounds; a processor configured to receive and process the signals and send information to the wireless earphones when the processor determines that the environment sounds contains predefined sounds.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• G08B 21/02 - Alarmes pour assurer la sécurité des personnes

Abrégé

Systems and methods for predictively detecting vehicle failure based on diagnostic trouble codes are provided. In one example, a method is provided, comprising determining a probability of failure of a vehicle based on one or more diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs); and indicating to an operator of the vehicle that failure is likely in response to the probability exceeding a threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 5/08 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique
• G05B 23/02 - Test ou contrôle électrique
• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules
• G06N 7/01 - Modèles graphiques probabilistes, p.ex. réseaux probabilistes

Produits et services

Headphone cases; headphones; Earbud cases; earbuds; Wireless earbuds

Produits et services

Headphone cases; headphones; Earbud cases; earbuds; Wireless earbuds

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a system for providing a frequency dependent dynamic leakage for noise cancellation is provided. The system includes a noise cancellation controller and a current limiter. The noise cancellation controller is programmed to perform noise cancellation in a vehicle based on a limited input signal. The current limiter is programmed to receive a reference signal from one of an accelerometer or a loudspeaker and to convert the reference signal from a time domain and into a frequency domain to limit the reference signal. The current limiter is further programmed to generate the limited input signal in response to limiting the reference signal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales

Abrégé

Systems and methods are provided for managing power states of electronic control units (ECUs) of a vehicle. A method may include receiving a command at the vehicle in a language for establishing parts of state machines, and identifying the command as being for the configuration of state machine transitions for power states of one or more ECUs of the vehicle, based on a value of a command-type field of the command. For commands identified as being for the configuration of state machine transitions, the method may further include configuring a transition of a state machine based on a value in a start-state field of the command, a value in an end-state field of the command, and: one or more values in a trigger-condition field of the command, zero or more values in a guard-condition field of the command, and/or zero or more values in an action field of the command.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 1/3203 - Gestion de l’alimentation, c. à d. passage en mode d’économie d’énergie amorcé par événements
• B60W 50/00 - COMMANDE CONJUGUÉE DE PLUSIEURS SOUS-ENSEMBLES D'UN VÉHICULE, DE FONCTION OU DE TYPE DIFFÉRENTS; SYSTÈMES DE COMMANDE SPÉCIALEMENT ADAPTÉS AUX VÉHICULES HYBRIDES; SYSTÈMES D'AIDE À LA CONDUITE DE VÉHICULES ROUTIERS, NON LIÉS À LA COMMANDE D'UN SOUS-ENSEMBLE PARTICULIER - Détails des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier
• G06F 8/30 - Création ou génération de code source
• G06F 9/448 - Paradigmes d’exécution, p.ex. implémentation de paradigmes de programmation

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, an active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided. The ANC system includes at least one microphone, a first filter, a first controllable filter, and at least one controller. The at least one microphone provides an error signal indicative of noise and an anti-noise sound within the cabin. The first filter modifies a transfer function between the at least one microphone and at least one remote microphone location to generate an estimated remote microphone error signal based at least on the error signal. The first controllable filter generates the anti-noise signal based on the estimated remote microphone error signal. The controller receives receive a first signal indicative of the vehicle exhibiting a fast-adapting event controls the first filter to execute a predetermined filter based on the first signal to reduce a group delay associated with the first filter.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for processing received messages from the V2X network. The method may allow the vehicle to identify high priority messages and send them to the upper layers for further processing without any feedback mechanism from the upper layers. The method may ensure that the system processes all high priority messages even during high load and high congestion scenarios by intelligently selecting the messages that should be dropped at lower layers so, that the load at the processor is not increased thus controlling the system behavior in high load conditions. This avoids dropping of high priority messages due to the system not being able to handle the rate at which the messages are being received.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 72/12 - Planification du trafic sans fil
• H04W 74/00 - Accès au canal sans fil, p.ex. accès planifié, accès aléatoire

Abrégé

A phase optimizer optimizes, for each listening position in a listening environment, a phase shift for each frequency in a range of predetermined frequencies. The phase optimizer determines a resultant phase value for each possible phase shift value and stores the resultant phase values for each possible phase shift value in an array. The phase optimizer calculates mean and standard deviation for the resultant phases stored in the array. The mean and standard deviations stored in the array are compared and phase shift values that result in the resultant phase values having the smallest mean and standard deviations are selected and are stored in memory. The phase optimizer optimizes each frequency, within a predetermined range of frequencies, for all possible phase shift values within a predetermined range of phase shift values and generates a phase shift target curve generated to be output by the phase optimizer.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 7/00 - Dispositions pour synchroniser le récepteur avec l'émetteur
• H03G 3/30 - Commande automatique dans des amplificateurs comportant des dispositifs semi-conducteurs
• H03G 5/24 - Commande automatique dans des amplificateurs sélectifs en fréquence
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H03G 3/32 - Commande automatique dans des amplificateurs comportant des dispositifs semi-conducteurs le réglage dépendant du niveau de bruit ambiant ou du niveau sonore ambiant
• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôle; Dispositifs de tests

Abrégé

A single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus is provided, which can cope with an external ground current and an undefined impedance through an AC bootstrap input impedance, while considering electromagnetic compatibility, convert a received single-ended analog signal into a balanced output differential signal, and may provide at a post-stage circuit output an output signal with lower noise through common mode rejection.

Classes IPC  ?

• H03M 1/80 - Conversion simultanée utilisant des impédances pondérées
• H03M 1/20 - Augmentation de la résolution par l'utilisation d'un système à n bits pour obtenir n+m bits, p.ex. par addition d'un signal aléatoire
• H03M 1/50 - Convertisseurs analogiques/numériques avec conversion intermédiaire en intervalle de temps

Abrégé

An access system for a vehicle may include at least one antenna configured to receive access signals for authorization to gain access to the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive motion data from a key fob associated with the vehicle, the motion data indicative of a route of a user associated with the key fob, classify the motion data as one of an open route and a closed route, and restrict access to the vehicle in response to the motion data being classified as an open route.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 25/31 - Détection relative au vol ou autres événements relatifs aux systèmes antivol de présence humaine à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur du véhicule
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique
• B60R 25/20 - Moyens pour enclencher ou arrêter le système antivol

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a microphone assembly including an enclosure, a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a microphone assembly is provided. The microphone assembly includes a sub-casing, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) transducer, and a second PCB. The MEMS transducer positioned in the sub-casing and the second PCB supports the MEMS transducer. The first PCB defines a first acoustic path positioned below the second PCB and the MEMS transducer. The second PCB defines a first audio port positioned directly below the MEMS transducer. The enclosure defines a first acoustic opening that is positioned directly below the first acoustic path to enable an audio input signal to pass through the first audio port and to an underside of the MEMS transducer. The enclosure defines a second acoustic opening that is positioned at a distance of between 3 to 30 mm from the first acoustic opening.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/04 - Association constructive d'un microphone avec son circuit électrique
• H05K 1/18 - Circuits imprimés associés structurellement à des composants électriques non imprimés
• B81B 3/00 - Dispositifs comportant des éléments flexibles ou déformables, p.ex. comportant des membranes ou des lamelles élastiques
• H04R 1/08 - Embouchures; Leurs fixations

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a system for providing an adaptive loudspeaker assembly is provided. A loudspeaker array transmits an audio output signal in an omnidirectional sound mode in a room having a plurality of walls. A microphone array is coupled to the loudspeaker array to capture the audio output signal in the room. At least one controller is programmed to receive the captured audio output signal and to determine that at least one first wall of the plurality of walls is closest to the loudspeaker array based on the captured audio output signal. The at least one controller is further programmed to change a sound mode of the loudspeaker array from transmitting the audio output signal in the omnidirectional mode into a beamforming sound mode to transmit the audio output signal away from the at least one first wall of the plurality walls.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 3/12 - Circuits pour transducteurs pour distribuer des signaux à plusieurs haut-parleurs
• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôle; Dispositifs de tests

Abrégé

A limiter system for an active speaker may include at least one lowpass filter configured to receive an input signal and output a signal lower than a crossover frequency, at least one highpass filter, configured to receive an input signal and output a signal higher than the crossover frequency, a first allpass filter configured to adjust the phase of the signal lower than the crossover frequency, a second allpass filter configured to adjust the phase of the signal higher than the crossover frequency, a first limiter, configured to receive and limit the signal from the first allpass filter, a second limiter, configured to receive and limit the signal from the second allpass filter, and a mixer, configured to mix the signal lower from the first limiter and the signal from the second limiter.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H03G 5/16 - Commande automatique
• H03G 9/02 - Combinaisons de plusieurs types de commande, p.ex. commande de gain et commande de tonalité dans des amplificateurs non accordés
• H04R 3/14 - Réseaux de recouvrement

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for engine sound synthesis. In one example, a method may include generating a vehicle sound at a modified pitch for a range of engine speeds by selecting intermediate segments of a sample sound and applying synchronous pitch overlapping added from the sample sound. The sound samples may be engine sounds recorded at specific RPM and the pitch modified based on a desired RPM.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 15/02 - Synthèse des ondes sonores
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, an active noise cancellation system. The system includes a first controller, a data bus, and a second controller. The first controller receives first information from a plurality of noise sensing devices and second information from an audio system. The first controller employs a time division multiplexing scheme to generate a multiplexed stream of data including the first information and the second information. The data bus transmits the multiplexed stream of data on a single data channel. The second controller receives the multiplexed stream of data on the single data channel and separates the first information from the second information on the multiplexed stream of data to perform ANC functionality.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales
• H04J 3/06 - Dispositions de synchronisation
• H04L 12/40 - Réseaux à ligne bus

Abrégé

The disclosure relates to a microphone device. The microphone device comprises a closed housing with a sidewall, a microphone arranged within the closed housing, and a membrane at an outer surface of the sidewall wherein a first part of the sidewall has a first thickness and wherein the membrane is comprised by, in particular is formed by, a second part of the sidewall having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The disclosure further relates to a method for generating the microphone device. The microphone device protects the microphone from water or particles at high protection level.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/02 - Boîtiers; Meubles; Montages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 1/08 - Embouchures; Leurs fixations

Abrégé

Methods and systems are described for a detecting a faulty condition of a roadside unit (RSU) and generating, in response to the detection of the faulty condition, a predetermined distress transmission for broadcast over a wireless interface of the RSU. The distress transmission may be received by on-board units (OBUs) of vehicles and pedestrian devices and relayed to nearby RSUs to inform an operation center of the faulty condition of the RSU.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 24/08 - Réalisation de tests en trafic réel
• G01S 19/42 - Détermination de position
• H04W 76/10 - Gestion de la connexion Établissement de la connexion

Abrégé

In at least one embodiment, a microphone assembly including a substrate, a printed circuit board (PCB), a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) transducer, a first lid, and a second lid is provided. The substrate defines a first port that extends completely therethrough. The PCB defines a sound opening that extends completely therethrough. The MEMS transducer is positioned on a first side of the substrate. The first lid defines a second port and covers the MEMS transducer and the first port. The first lid and the substrate define a front volume of air that surrounds the MEMS transducer. The second lid is positioned on the second side of the PCB. A cavity of the second lid, the sound opening of the PCB, the sound opening of the PCB, and the first port of the substrate define a back volume of air that is greater than the front volume of air.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/04 - Association constructive d'un microphone avec son circuit électrique
• B81B 7/02 - Systèmes à microstructure comportant des dispositifs électriques ou optiques distincts dont la fonction a une importance particulière, p.ex. systèmes micro-électromécaniques (SMEM, MEMS)
• H04R 1/22 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique de fréquence désirée uniquement
• H04R 19/04 - Microphones
• H04R 1/28 - Supports de transducteurs ou enceintes conçus pour réponse de fréquence spécifique; Enceintes de transducteurs modifiées au moyen d'impédances mécaniques ou acoustiques, p.ex. résonateur, moyen d'amortissement

Abrégé

A headphone assembly including headphones, a switch, at least one motion detector, and at least one processor is provided. The switch is configured to transmit a first signal indicative of a command to establish a relative orientation for the headphones. The at least one motion detector is configured to transmit a second signal indicative of movement of the headphones relative to a user's head. The at least one processor is programmed to receive a first signal to establish the relative orientation of the headphones and to receive the second signal that indicates that the headphones are moving relative to the user's head. The at least one processor is further programmed to determine that the headphones are in a stable state and to establish the relative orientation of the headphones while positioned on the user's head in response to at least determining that the headphones are in the stable state.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indication; Dispositions pour la commande, p.ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 1/10 - Ecouteurs; Leurs fixations
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique

Produits et services

Downloadable software for improving in-vehicle communication, video chat, media sharing; Downloadable software to control and improve audio equipment sound quality; sound and audio system comprised of downloadable software for sound enhancement and noise cancellation and audio speakers; audio sound equipment, namely, apparatus and instruments for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction and manipulation of sound and audio signals and effect, namely, signal processors, amplifiers, power amplifiers, optical media players, equalizers being audio apparatus, microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, computer networking interface devices; electro-dynamic control apparatus for the remote control of audio signals, signals, sound, surround sound, sound effects and voice processors; audio processing equipment, namely, signal compressors and expanders, signal compressors and limiters, analog signal processors, digital signal processors, audio noise reducers; microprocessor controlled loudspeaker equalizers being audio apparatus, and audio signal range expanders and restorers; Vehicle multimedia and audio systems and audio electronic components, namely, audio speakers, amplifiers, mobile phone plug connectors, satellite-aided navigation systems, control units for amplifiers, audio speaker systems, and portable GPS navigation devices; Electronic control apparatus for the remote control of audio signals, signals, sound, surround sound, sound effects and voice processors; downloadable software for controlling the operation of audio and video devices.

Produits et services

Computer hardware; downloadable software for providing updates to a vehicle and reducing development time and cost for vehicle updates.

Produits et services

Downloadable software for activation of audio features in a vehicle; downloadable software for enabling audio experiences in vehicles; Downloadable software to control and improve audio equipment sound quality; sound and audio system comprised of downloadable software for sound enhancement and noise cancellation and audio speakers; audio sound equipment, namely, apparatus and instruments for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction and manipulation of sound and audio signals and effect, namely, signal processors, amplifiers, power amplifiers, optical media players, equalizers being audio apparatus, microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, computer networking interface devices; electro-dynamic control apparatus for the remote control of audio signals, signals, sound, surround sound, sound effects and voice processors; audio processing equipment, namely, signal compressors and expanders, signal compressors and limiters, analog signal processors, digital signal processors, audio noise reducers; microprocessor controlled loudspeaker equalizers being audio apparatus, and audio signal range expanders and restorers; Vehicle multimedia and audio systems and audio electronic components, namely, audio speakers, amplifiers, mobile phone plug connectors, satellite-aided navigation systems, control units for amplifiers, audio speaker systems, and portable GPS navigation devices; Electronic control apparatus for the remote control of audio signals, signals, sound, surround sound, sound effects and voice processors; downloadable software for controlling the operation of audio and video devices.

Produits et services

Downloadable software for detecting and measuring driver distraction and drowsiness; Downloadable software for enabling in-cabin vehicle experiences to reduce driver distraction and enhance well being; Safety and driving assistant system for mobile vehicles and vessels comprised of electronic proximity sensors and switches, high-resolution cameras, integrated circuits for the purpose of imaging processing, and display monitors; downloadable software for recording and evaluating vehicle data.

Produits et services

Downloadable software for immersive audio experiences in vehicles; Downloadable software to control and improve audio equipment sound quality; sound and audio system comprised of downloadable software for sound enhancement and noise cancellation and audio speakers; audio sound equipment, namely, apparatus and instruments for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction and manipulation of sound and audio signals and effect, namely, signal processors, amplifiers, power amplifiers, optical media players, equalizers being audio apparatus, microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, computer networking interface devices; electro-dynamic control apparatus for the remote control of audio signals, signals, sound, surround sound, sound effects and voice processors; audio processing equipment, namely, signal compressors and expanders, signal compressors and limiters, analog signal processors, digital signal processors, audio noise reducers; microprocessor controlled loudspeaker equalizers being audio apparatus, and audio signal range expanders and restorers; Vehicle multimedia and audio systems and audio electronic components, namely, audio speakers, amplifiers, mobile phone plug connectors, satellite-aided navigation systems, control units for amplifiers, audio speaker systems, and portable GPS navigation devices; Electronic control apparatus for the remote control of audio signals, signals, sound, surround sound, sound effects and voice processors; downloadable software for controlling the operation of audio and video devices.

Produits et services

Downloadable software for providing security for automotive products; downloadable software and hardware for providing automotive security solutions against hacking, intrusion, disruption of critical communication and other cybersecurity threats; downloadable software and hardware for protecting connected cars and internet of things (IoT) connected devices from malicious cyber attacks.

Produits et services

Downloadable augmented reality software for displaying vehicle data; Heads-up displays (HUDs) in the nature of transparent electronic displays for use in projection of data onto a vehicle windshield; Head-up displays (HUDs) for vehicles, namely, transparent electronic displays for providing users with navigational information, operational information, and visual and audible alerts; Safety and driving assistant system for mobile vehicles and vessels comprised of electronic proximity sensors and switches, high-resolution cameras, integrated circuits for the purpose of imaging processing, and display monitors.

Produits et services

Electronic display interfaces; Flat panel display screens; Light emitting diode (LED) displays; Touch panel; Head-up displays (HUDs) for vehicles, namely, transparent electronic displays for providing users with navigational and operational information; Electronic apparatus, namely, curved electronic display boards; Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) display panels; Touch screens.

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The method comprising: performing a target detection on a first image to generate a first to-be-processed image, the first to-be-processed image has a size smaller than the size of the first image; performing the target detection on a second image to generate a second to-be-processed image, the second to-be-processed image has a size smaller than the size of the second image, the first image and the second image constitute an image pair containing the target, and a disparity exists between the first image and second image; and calculating, based on the first to-be-processed image and the second to-be-processed image, a disparity value of the target in the first to-be-processed image and the second to-be-processed image.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06T 7/55 - Récupération de la profondeur ou de la forme à partir de plusieurs images
• G06T 7/174 - Découpage; Détection de bords impliquant l'utilisation de plusieurs images

Abrégé

Methods and systems are proposed for a communication network. In one example, a system comprises a wireless communication network comprising a verification logic hardware. The system further comprises a processor of a vehicle communicatively coupled to the verification logic hardware, wherein the processor comprises instructions stored on non-transitory memory thereof that when executed enable the processor to determine a message type of a message, and distribute the message to a first queue of a verification logic software of the processor or to a second queue of the verification logic hardware.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 4/40 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons
• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme
• H04L 67/12 - Protocoles spécialement adaptés aux environnements propriétaires ou de mise en réseau pour un usage spécial, p.ex. les réseaux médicaux, les réseaux de capteurs, les réseaux dans les véhicules ou les réseaux de mesure à distance
• H04L 47/24 - Trafic caractérisé par des attributs spécifiques, p.ex. la priorité ou QoS
• H04L 47/6275 - Ordonnancement des files d’attente caractérisé par des critères d’ordonnancement pour des créneaux de service ou des commandes de service basé sur la priorité

Abrégé

Aspects disclosed herein generally relate to a method and a system for improving voice separation by eliminating overlaps or overlapping points. The time-frequency points from the two recorded mixtures are separated by using a Degenerate unmixing estimation technique (DUET) algorithm. The method or system further eliminates the overlapping time-frequency points which belongs to neither of the original resources of sounds.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 21/028 - Séparation du signal de voix utilisant les propriétés des sources sonores

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for facial detection techniques for image processing neural networks. In one example, a method may include collecting multi-channel outputs of a set of context modules, providing them to both a face detection head and a landmark localization head of the neural network. The face detection head may then generate bounding boxes which are also provided to the landmark localization head. Based on the output of the context modules and the bounding boxes, the landmark localization head may provide an output including a set of landmark indicators.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06V 40/16 - Visages humains, p.ex. parties du visage, croquis ou expressions
• G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p.ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersections; Analyse de connectivité, p.ex. de composantes connectées
• G06V 10/82 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant les réseaux neuronaux

Abrégé

Adjustment of active noise cancellation (ANC) systems can include determining a noise within a vehicle; detecting a movement of a head of a listener; adjusting one or more parameters of the ANC system based at least on the noise and the movement of the head of the listener; determining an anti-noise based at least on the adjusted one or more parameters; and outputting the anti-noise.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/175 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférence; Masquage du son
• H04R 3/02 - Circuits pour transducteurs pour empêcher la réaction acoustique

Abrégé

A method for processing multi-channel audio signals, a system for processing multi-channel audio signals and a stereo apparatus comprising such a system. The multi-channel audio processing method comprises: receiving multi-channel audio signals from an external audio source, the multi-channel audio signals comprises a pair of surround channel signals and a pair of top channel signals; applying a crosstalk cancellation process in consideration of a head-related transfer function to the pair of top channel signals, so as to produce a pair of processed top channel signals, the head-related transfer function is configured to provide an elevation angle; mixing the pair of processed top channel signals, respectively, with the pair of surround channel signals, so as to produce a pair of mixed surround channel signals; providing the pair of mixed surround channel signals, respectively, to a pair of surround speakers.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 5/00 - Dispositifs stéréophoniques