US Patent Issued to Volvo Car on June 17 for "Vehicle audio sensor fusion and occupant feedback system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,062, issued on June 17, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle audio sensor fusion and occupant feedback system" was invented by Peter Winzell (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jon Seneger (Monte Sereno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods are presented regarding utilizing technology to determine a vehicle occupant's reaction to a soundscape present in a passenger compartment in which they are located. Sound waves present in the soundscape can result for sources internal and external to the vehicle, as well as sound waves transmitted into the passenger compartment as part of an audio te...