Systems and Methods for Optimizing an Audio Communication System

• US 20100239110A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Temic Automotive of North America, Incorporated (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Lasch, Jonathan, Srenger, Edward, Barron, David L.
• Application Number:
  US12/405,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20100239110A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/307
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0208 Noise filtering
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/02 Manually-operated control H03G3/001 and H03G3/002 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/24 Control dependent upon ambient noise level or sound level
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/32 the control being dependent upon ambient noise level or sound level
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/13 Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/002 Damping circuit arrangements for transducers, e.g. motional feedback circuits

Abstract

Methods and systems for optimizing and audio communication system, including detecting a surrounding noise profile, determining one or more states of one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the surrounding noise profile, and associating the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions to the surrounding noise profile.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing an audio communication system, the method comprising:

detecting a surrounding noise profile;

determining one or more states of one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the surrounding noise profile; and

associating the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions to the surrounding noise profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining audio communication system parameters corresponding to the surrounding noise profile; and

associating the audio communication system parameters to the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising storing the audio communication system parameters and the associated one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

detecting a sound to be transmitted, where the sound is mixed with a current surrounding noise profile;

determining one or more current states of the one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the current surrounding noise profile;

determining stored states substantially equal to the current states; and

determining stored audio communication system parameters corresponding to the stored states.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

applying the stored audio communication system parameters as initial audio communication system parameters to suppress the current surrounding noise profile from the sound; and

transmitting the sound.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining improved audio communication system parameters;

applying the improved audio communication system parameters to suppress the surrounding noise profile; and

transmitting the sound.

7. The method of claim 1, where detecting the surrounding noise profile comprises detecting the surrounding noise profile inside a vehicle and where the one or more noise-related conditions are at least one of:

GPS location, date and time, windows position, vehicle speed, type of propulsion system, convertible top, and radio volume.

8. A system for optimizing an audio communication system, the system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memory units coupled to the one or more processors;

one or more microphones coupled to the one or more processors and memory; and

one or more sensors coupled to the one or more processors and memory, the microphones being configured to detect a surrounding noise profile,

the sensors being configured to determine one or more states of one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the surrounding noise profile; and

the system being configured to associate the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions to the surrounding noise profile.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising the system being configured to:

determine audio communication system parameters corresponding to the surrounding noise profile; and

associate the audio communication system parameters to the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions.

10. The system of claim 9, the one or more memory units being configured to store the audio communication system parameters and the associated one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions.

11. The system of claim 10, where,

the microphones being configured to detect a sound to be transmitted, where the sound is mixed with a current surrounding noise profile;

the system being further configured to determine one or more current states of the one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the current surrounding noise profile;

the system being further configured to determine stored states substantially equal to the current states; and

the system being further configured to determine stored audio communication system parameters corresponding to the stored states.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

the system being configured to apply the stored audio communication system parameters as initial audio communication system parameters to suppress the current surrounding noise profile from the sound; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the sound.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

determining improved audio communication system parameters;

applying the improved audio communication system parameters to suppress the surrounding noise profile; and

transmitting the sound.

14. The system of claim 8, where detecting the surrounding noise profile comprises detecting the surrounding noise profile inside a vehicle and where the one or more noise-related conditions are at least one of:

GPS location, date and time, windows position, vehicle speed, type of propulsion system, convertible top, and radio volume.

15. The system of claim 8, further comprising a vehicle, the vehicle comprising the system for optimizing an audio communication system.

16. A computer program product stored on a computer operable medium, the computer program product comprising software code being effective to optimize an audio communication system by being effective to:

cause detection of a surrounding noise profile;

determine one or more states of one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the surrounding noise profile; and

associate the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions to the surrounding noise profile.

17. The product of claim 16, where the code is further effective to:

determine audio communication system parameters corresponding to the surrounding noise profile; and

associate the audio communication system parameters to the one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions.

18. The product of claim 17, where the code is further effective to cause the storage of the audio communication system parameters and the associated one or more states of the one or more noise-related conditions.

19. The product of claim 18, where the code is further effective to:

cause the detection of a sound to be transmitted, where the sound is mixed with a current surrounding noise profile;

determine one or more current states of the one or more noise-related conditions corresponding to the current surrounding noise profile;

determine stored states substantially equal to the current states; and

determine stored audio communication system parameters corresponding to the stored states.

20. The product of claim 19, where the code is further effective to:

apply the stored audio communication system parameters as initial audio communication system parameters to suppress the current surrounding noise profile from the sound; and

cause a transmission of the sound.

21. The product of claim 20, where the code is further effective to:

determine improved audio communication system parameters;

apply the improved audio communication system parameters to suppress the surrounding noise profile; and

cause a transmission of the sound.