Patent ID: 9348793
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B60G,B60H,B60N,B60Q,B60R,F02D,F16H,G06F,G10K,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle having a system, the system having at least one operating output, comprising: an occupant module receiving at least one occupant signal indicative of occupants currently located within the vehicle, the occupant module determining a current number of occupants in the vehicle based on the occupant signal; and a vehicle system module receiving as input the current number of occupants located in the vehicle, the vehicle system module configured to: wherein the system is an active noise cancellation system and the at least one operating output is attenuation of unwanted noise, wherein an amount of sound cancellation provided to the occupants currently located within the vehicle is controlled by the active noise cancellation system to provide sound cancellation, wherein a vehicle powertrain module of the vehicle and an engine control module of the vehicle are tuned for fuel economy or vehicle performance when the active noise cancellation system provides the amount of sound cancellation to only front seat vehicle occupants of the occupants currently located.