US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Sept. 22 for "On-vehicle sound control system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,026, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"On-vehicle sound control system" was invented by Kosuke Sakamoto (Saitama, Japan) and Takuma Maesaka (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-vehicle sound control system includes: a speaker configured to output canceling sound for canceling noise; a controller configured to control the speaker; and a distance estimation device configured to estimate a distance between the speaker and an ear of an occupant. The controller includes a control filter configured to generate a control signal for controlling the speaker and a control signal correction unit...