EP2949131A1 - Motor vehicle and microphone for a microphone arrangement in the motor vehicle - Google Patents
Motor vehicle and microphone for a microphone arrangement in the motor vehicleInfo
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- EP2949131A1 EP2949131A1 EP14700967.4A EP14700967A EP2949131A1 EP 2949131 A1 EP2949131 A1 EP 2949131A1 EP 14700967 A EP14700967 A EP 14700967A EP 2949131 A1 EP2949131 A1 EP 2949131A1
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- the invention relates to a microphone for sound detection in a motor vehicle.
- the microphone has a microphone capsule, in which a microphone membrane and a driver circuit for generating an electrical signal from a membrane movement are integrated. From the microphone, an electrical microphone signal can be tapped via connection contacts.
- the invention also includes a motor vehicle in which a microphone arrangement is provided, as is possible with a plurality of the microphones according to the invention.
- a directional cylindrical microphone for installation in a motor vehicle in which a microphone capsule, a microphone capsule, an amplifier circuit and a cable holder for fixing a connecting cable are arranged.
- the connection cable is led out of the microphone housing in order to be able to pick up the signal of the microphone capsule. If you assign several of these cylinder microphones in a motor vehicle, so there is the disadvantage that of each cylinder microphone whose cable for evaluation to the central processing unit, also referred to as a head unit, must be laid. This results in a susceptible cabling and overall poor scalability of the microphone array. For the more microphones are to be arranged in the motor vehicle interior, the larger the diameter of the resulting wiring harness at the head unit.
- a directional microphone is known that is integrated in a dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a microphone capsule is soldered onto a printed circuit board of the dashboard.
- the circuit board or other structural elements of the Dashboard having an arrangement passage openings for the directional detection of sound. Due to the arrangement of the microphone capsule on the printed circuit board no separate wiring is required. Instead, the microphone capsule may be connected to printed circuit boards mounted on the printed circuit board via a bus system with a voice processing system which is positioned at a suitable location of the motor vehicle independently of the microphone capsule.
- This solution has the disadvantage that microphone capsules can only be provided where a printed circuit board is also available on which corresponding interface circuits for the bus system are soldered. For example, a microphone capsule can not be accommodated in the headliner of the motor vehicle since there are no such printed circuit boards.
- a similar microphone system for a motor vehicle is known from DE 10 2010 034 237 A1, which comprises a plurality of microphone devices distributed in the motor vehicle.
- the microphone devices are connected via a bus system with the head unit of the motor vehicle.
- Each of the microphone devices each comprises a microphone cluster with three individual microphone capsules.
- the PDM signals (PDM - pulse-density modulation) of the microphone capsules are converted by a signal converter to PCM signals (PCM - pulse code modulation).
- the microphone device each have a bus controller.
- the bus system is a synchronous MOST bus system which has two optical conductors in ring structure.
- the signals of the microphone capsules of the microphone cluster of each microphone device should be able to be combined into a beamforming signal.
- the circuit components of a microphone cluster are supplied with a common clock signal.
- the microphone signals of the individual microphones of a microphone cluster must be combined by a common bus controller and sent together to the head unit.
- the individual microphone devices consisting of the microphone cluster, the converter device from PDM to PCM and the bus controller are still relatively large.
- the invention has for its object to provide for a sound detection in a motor vehicle, a microphone assembly that requires little space. The object is achieved by a microphone according to claim 1 and a motor vehicle according to claim 13. Advantageous developments of the invention are given by the dependent claims.
- a microphone diaphragm is arranged in a known manner in a microphone capsule.
- the microphone capsule has at least one sound inlet opening, through which an airborne sound can reach the microphone diaphragm from outside the microphone capsule and set it in motion.
- a driver circuit is arranged in the microphone capsule.
- Driver circuit is here to be understood as an electronic circuit by means of which an electrical diaphragm signal is generated in a manner known per se as a function of the movement of the microphone diaphragm. It is important for the understanding of the invention that this is a single signal which describes the movement of the microphone diaphragm and represents the audio signal contained in the sound. There is no summary of multiple electrical signals to a beamforming signal provided.
- this microphone signal is not directly related to the electrical signal of the driver circuit. Rather, in the microphone according to the invention between the driver circuit and the connection contacts, a further circuit is connected, which is referred to here as an interface circuit.
- This interface circuit is also disposed in the microphone capsule and adapted to convert the single membrane signal of the driver circuit into a digital bus signal according to a predetermined bus standard. This bus signal is then output as the microphone signal via the terminal contacts. If, therefore, an acoustic sound is detected by means of the microphone diaphragm, then a bus signal is directly generated by the microphone according to the invention, which signal can be output to a data bus.
- the microphone is directly operable as a bus node of a data bus when the terminals of the microphone capsule are connected to the bus.
- the microphone according to the invention has the advantage that now a single component is ready, namely the microphone capsule, which can be connected directly to a data bus and so can feed an audio signal directly into the data bus.
- the interface circuit of the microphone according to the invention is also designed to communicate bidirectionally via the data bus and in this case to receive a diagnosis request and to generate a diagnosis message in response to a functional capability of a component of the microphone to the diagnosis request.
- a self-test of the microphone can advantageously be initiated via the data bus, by means of which, for example, the microphone diaphragm, the driver circuit and the interface circuit can be checked for their functionality.
- This can be carried out in an automated form, for example, at each start of the motor vehicle by a control unit and the recognition of a defect to the driver to visit a workshop are recommended.
- connection contacts for outputting the microphone signal.
- the microphone can be connected to a central processing device via a twisted-pair line.
- An output pin may e.g. be formed by a wire.
- a further advantage results if, in addition to the connection contacts for outputting the microphone signal, input contacts for receiving a bus signal of another microphone are also arranged on the microphone capsule.
- the other microphone is preferably also an embodiment of the microphone according to the invention. Via the input contacts, the bus signal of this other microphone is then received.
- the interface device must then be designed to loop through this received bus signal to the mentioned connection contacts for the output of its own microphone signal.
- This embodiment represents a concrete variant of the possibility described above of using a common bus line to transmit the microphone signals of several microphones to a central processing unit.
- the interface circuit is designed to generate the bus signal according to the A2B bus standard.
- This bus standard makes it possible to transmit a time-multiplex signal with a sufficiently high bandwidth for the transmission of several microphone signals via an unshielded twisted-pair bus line. In other words, all the advantages described above can be realized at the same time by means of an A2B interface circuit.
- a further advantage results when the microphone diaphragm is provided by a microelectromechanical system, or MEMS for short.
- MEMS microelectromechanical system
- Another name for such a system is silicon microphone. It can be arranged on a common circuit board so the microphone diaphragm, the driver circuit and the interface circuit. This results in a particularly compact design of the microphone.
- the driver circuit and the interface circuit are preferably phantom-powered via the connection contacts. Then can be done via the bus lines and a supply of the microphone with electrical energy. This leads to a further saving of cables.
- the driver circuit may have an amplifier circuit and a converter circuit connected downstream of it.
- the amplifier circuit generates an electrical, analog signal as a function of the movement of the microphone diaphragm, and the converter circuit then generates a digital signal from the analog signal.
- the digital signal is one of the following: an I2S signal (I2S - Inter-IC Sound Interface, IC - Integrated Circuit), a PDM signal or a PCM signal.
- I2S signal I2S - Inter-IC Sound Interface, IC - Integrated Circuit
- PDM PDM signal
- PCM PCM signal
- This embodiment has the advantage that standard components for the realization of the driver circuit on the one hand and the interface circuit on the other hand can be used.
- Another (not separately claimed) embodiment of the microphone according to the invention provides to realize the driver circuit and the interface circuit as a common integrated circuit (IC). Then a single IC in the microphone capsule is sufficient.
- the microphone capsule itself, an advantageous embodiment results if it comprises a metal cup in which at least the microphone diaphragm and the driver circuit are arranged.
- the interface circuit is arranged in the metal cup.
- the metal is advantageously aluminum.
- the provision of a metal cup shields the driver circuit and the interface circuit against interfering electromagnetic radiation.
- Aluminum can be formed by means of pressing suitable for heating.
- a further embodiment of the microphone according to the invention provides that the interface circuit is adapted to receive an external clock signal and to provide the driver circuit.
- the clock signal can be a bus clock of the data bus. Then you can do without an additional clock.
- the invention also includes a motor vehicle.
- This is preferably a passenger car.
- the motor vehicle according to the invention has a microphone arrangement comprising a plurality of microphones, each of which represents an embodiment of the microphone according to the invention. All microphones are connected via a common bus line to a central receiving unit. The microphones each generate a bus signal to a corresponding locally detected sound and combine their bus signals on the bus line to a time-division multiplex signal that can be received by the central receiving unit.
- the infotainment system can then receive and process a microphone signal as an audio input signal.
- the vehicle according to the invention has the advantage that a plurality of individual microphones can be distributed in a motor vehicle interior, for example in a headliner, and in this case only a small amount of installation space has to be made available for each of the microphones.
- the bus line can also be designed very simply, in particular with a small diameter, since all microphones share the bus line.
- the microphone array is therefore also well scalable, because to provide another microphone, no complete line from the additional microphones to the receiving unit must be laid.
- the receiving unit From the receiving unit then that of the microphone signals with the best audio quality can be forwarded to an infotainment system.
- a preferred embodiment of the motor vehicle is designed such that the receiving unit forms a selection circuit.
- the receiving unit is designed to extract the respective microphone signal from the bus signals of all the microphones (ie to reassemble the individual data packets received via the data bus) and to determine a value for a quality measure for each extracted microphone signal. It is then that extracted microphone signal with the largest value of the quality measure as the actual audio input signal forwarded to the infotainment system.
- the infotainment system it is advantageously ensured that the infotainment system always has that microphone signal which has the best audio quality.
- a signal-to-noise ratio can be estimated.
- Estimation algorithms for this are known per se from the prior art. For example, a resting level can be determined via long-term averaging of the respective microphone signal, and then a ratio of the current level to the resting level can be calculated when the level of the microphone signal changes.
- a ratio of the current level to the resting level can be calculated when the level of the microphone signal changes.
- there is also single access to each microphone signal so that a combination of several of the microphone signals can also be formed, e.g. a beamforming signal.
- infotainment system it may be provided to forward the audio input signal to a telephony module of the infotainment system and / or a voice recognition module of the infotainment system. These then work very reliably with the audio input signal with the high audio quality.
- the invention is explained once again with reference to concrete exemplary embodiments. This shows:
- Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of the microphone according to the invention, as it can be installed in the motor vehicle of Fig. 1, and
- Fig. 3 is a block diagram of an interface circuit as may be incorporated in the microphone of Fig. 2.
- a motor vehicle 10 is shown in a plan view, which may be, for example, a passenger car. For better orientation, the location of wheels 12 and motor vehicle doors 14 is indicated.
- a head unit 16 through which, for example, an infotainment system can be provided.
- the head unit 16 may have, for example, a telephony module, such as a UTMS module or LTE module.
- the head unit 16 may also include a voice recognition module. This can be provided, for example, as a program module.
- microphones 18, 20 may be arranged in a headliner of the motor vehicle 10, for example.
- the microphones 18, 20 may, for example, be arranged above a driver's seat 22, a passenger's seat 24 and a rear bench 26.
- the microphones 18 can each be an embodiment of the microphone according to the invention.
- the microphone 20 comprises a plurality of microphone capsules, which are interconnected via a common printed circuit board. The exact structure of the microphone 20 does not contribute to the understanding of the invention and therefore will not be further elaborated here.
- the microphones 18 are relatively small and therefore can be easily integrated into the headliner.
- the microphones 18 generate digital output signals, the microphones via a common, individual bus line 28 18, 20 with a receiving unit 30 of the head unit 16 connects.
- the bus line 28 may be, for example, an unshielded twisted pair line.
- the receiving unit 30 can be, for example, an A2B receiving circuit, as it is commercially available.
- the microphones 18, 20 in each case transmit a digital microphone signal as a bus signal in a time-division multiplex method in respectively assigned time slots in sections to the receiving unit 30.
- the microphones 18 have their own interface circuit, which makes it possible to insert the respective own digital microphone signal into the time-division multiplex signal.
- an external interface circuit is necessary, since in this case the microphone signals of several microphone capsules must be combined with one another before they can be transmitted. This makes the microphone 20 relatively large.
- the microphone 18 may have a microphone capsule 32, which may be made of aluminum, for example.
- the microphone capsule 32 has a sound inlet opening 34.
- the microphone capsule 32 may also have a plurality of sound entry openings. Sound from an environment 36 can pass through the sound inlet opening 34 from a microphone membrane (not shown) in the interior of the microphone capsule 32.
- a driver circuit 38 generates an electrical signal during a movement of the microphone diaphragm in a manner known per se.
- the driver circuit 38 may also comprise a digitizing circuit by means of which the analogue signal of the membrane movement can be converted into a digital audio signal, for example a 12S signal, PDM signal or PCM signal.
- a digitizing circuit by means of which the analogue signal of the membrane movement can be converted into a digital audio signal, for example a 12S signal, PDM signal or PCM signal.
- a corresponding converter circuit can be made of known technologies.
- the driver circuit 38 transmits the digital signal representing the sound signal to an interface circuit 40 which couples the driver circuit 38 to terminals 42 of the microphone 18 via which the microphone 18 is electrically connected to that portion of the bus 28 which is connected to the bus Receiving unit 30 leads. Additional terminals 44 of the microphone 18 are electrically connected to that portion of the bus line 28 connected, which leads to other microphones 18.
- the terminal contacts 42, 44 may be, for example, pins that are formed from wires.
- the interface circuit 40 may comprise a board or circuit board 46 on which a communication module 48 for the transmission of data to the receiving unit 30 and a communication module 50 for the reception of data
- the diameter of the circuit board 46 may be 15 mm
- the height H which is composed of the thickness of the printed circuit board 16, 46 and the height of the modules 48, 50, 52 arranged thereon, can be
- the attached components 48, 50, 52 may have a height of up to 3 mm, whereas retaining elements for the interface circuit 40 and the driver circuit 38 are not shown in FIG.
- the communication modules 48, 50 may be coupled via a bus driver 52.
- the driver circuit 38 may also be coupled to the bus driver 52.
- the bus driver 52 may be, for example, an A2B module.
- the communication modules 48, 50 can pass data through the microphone 18 via the bus driver 52, so that also for other microphones which send data via the connections 44 to the interface circuit 40, this data can be forwarded to the receiving unit 30 via looping through. In the opposite direction, diagnostic requests can also be looped through to the receiving unit 30.
- the bus driver 52 may additionally insert data of the driver circuit 38 into the data stream.
- a time division multiplex method can be created here.
- the bus standard A2B is suitable for transmitting to the receiving unit 30 the digitized audio data of all the microphones with a sufficiently high sampling rate (for example 8 kHz or 16 kHz) in the cascade connection (daisy chain) of the microphones 18 and the microphone 20.
- the receiving unit 30 can then off those signals of the microphones 18, 20, which satisfies a predetermined quality criterion, that is, for example, the loudest signal or has the highest value for the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio), for example, the telephony module or speech recognition module of the infotainment system 16 forward.
- a predetermined quality criterion that is, for example, the loudest signal or has the highest value for the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio), for example, the telephony module or speech recognition module of the infotainment system 16 forward
- the example shows how a complete integration of a bus interface directly into the capsule of a microphone can be realized.
- the microphone capsule is connected to a vehicle bus via the interface, in particular to an A2B bus. This provides more flexibility in the placement and cabling of the microphones in the vehicle.
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