US 11,814,062 B2
Detecting and handling driving event sounds during a navigation session
Matthew Sharifi, Mountain View, CA (US); and Victor Carbune, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/273,673
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/060984
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/108580, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355814 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for identifying driving event sounds during a navigation session, the method comprising:
providing, by one or more processors in a vehicle, a set of navigation directions for traversing from a starting location to a destination location along a route;
during navigation to the destination location:
identifying, by the one or more processors, audio that includes a driving event sound from within the vehicle or an area surrounding the vehicle;
in response to determining that the audio includes the driving event sound, determining, by the one or more processors, whether the driving event sound is artificial; and
in response to determining that the driving event sound is artificial:
presenting, by the one or more processors, a notification to the driver indicating that the driving event sound is artificial, or masking the driving event sound to prevent the driver from hearing the driving event sound.