System for reducing noise level in vehicular cabin

• US 5,111,507 A
• Filed: 07/24/1990
• Issued: 05/05/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakaji, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Isen, Forester W.
• Application Number:
  US07/556,541
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 381/71, 381/86
• US Class Current: 381/71.9
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17823 Reference signals, e.g. ambient acoustic environment
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17853 of the filter
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17873 using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/121 Rotating machines, e.g. engines, turbines, motors; Periodic or quasi-periodic signals in general
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/128 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3028 Filtering, e.g. Kalman filters or special analogue or digital filters
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3033 Information contained in memory, e.g. stored signals or transfer functions
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3039 Nonlinear, e.g. clipping, numerical truncation, thresholding or variable input and output gain
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3045 Multiple acoustic inputs, single acoustic output

Abstract

A system for lowering noise level in a vehicular cabin produces an acoustic vibration canceling noise creative vibration induced in synchronism with an engine revolution. The system generates a rectangular wave signal having 50% duty cycle. The system includes means for producing a periodic signal having an interval half of a period of the noise created by vibration. The signal level of the rectangular signal is switched between HIGH and LOW levels alternatively at the time of occurrence of the periodic signal.

Claims

1. A system for lowering cabin noise in a vehicular cabin, comprising:

first means for periodically generating a first pulse signal in synchronism with an engine revolution, said first pulse signal having a period proportional to a noise period created by vibration induced in synchronization with said engine revolution;

second means including a flip-flop, in response to the first pulse signal, for generating a rectangular waveform signal having a 50% duty ratio and a rising edge and falling edge being in conformity to a rising edge and subsequent rising edge of said first pulse signal, respectively;

third means for converting said rectangular waveform signal into a digital signal representative thereof; and

fourth means for processing said digital signal for adjusting signal phase and amplitude and outputting adjusted digital signal for canceling the noise created by vibration.

2. A system as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises fifth means for monitoring an engine driving condition and providing an engine driving condition indicative data, and said fourth means deriving magnitude of phase shift and amplitude on the basis of said engine driving condition indicative data.

3. A system as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises a filtering means for receiving said adjusted digital signal and removing a high harmonic component superimposed thereon.

4. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first means generates said first pulse signal with an interval half of an interval of a crank reference signal.

5. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said third means converts said rectangular wave signal into digital signal by calculating AND of said rectangular wave signal and a sampling pulse.

6. A system as set forth in claim 3, wherein said filtering means comprises a plurality of band-pass filters having mutually different pass-bands.

7. A system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said filtering means comprises at least a first filter having minimum pass-band frequency corresponding to minimum frequency of said noise created by vibration and a predetermined maximum pass-band frequency, and a second filter having a minimum pass-band frequency corresponding to the maximum pass-band frequency of said first filter.

8. A system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said first means comprises a crank angle sensor producing a periodic signal in synchronism with the engine revolution, and said fifth means comprises means for deriving engine speed data on the basis of said periodic signal.

9. A system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said fifth means comprises receiving engine load data for deriving magnitude of phase adjustment and magnitude of amplitude adjustment on the basis of said engine speed data and said engine load data.

10. A system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said engine load data is a fuel injection control signal.