IP Library Granted Patent US 8,638,208
Granted Patent B2
US 8,638,208 · App. 13/379,190 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Method for generating turn-signal sound of vehicle and device using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,638,208
App. No.
13/379,190
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a method for generating turn-signal sound of a vehicle and a device using the method which can output from a speaker the turn-signal sound close to operating sound of a mechanical relay. The method outputs a pulse signal for turn-signal sound having varying frequency and duty ratio from a PPG port of a CPU, integrates the pulse signal for turn-signal sound using an integration circuit to convert into an analog signal for turn-signal sound which is outputted to a speaker. The method also outputs a pulse signal for alarm having the constant frequency and duty ratio, integrates the pulse signal for alarm sound using an integration circuit to convert into an analog signal for alarm sound. Then the analog signals for turn-signal sound and for alarm sound are summed up and outputted to the speaker to produce simultaneously the turn-signal sound and the alarm sound.

Claims (11)

1. A method for generating turn-signal sound of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

outputting a pulse signal for turn-signal sound from a pulse pattern generator, the pulse signal for turn-signal sound having varying frequency and duty ratio;

converting the pulse signal for turn-signal sound into an analog signal for turn-signal sound by integrating the pulse signal for turn-signal sound; and

outputting the analog signal for turn-signal sound to a speaker.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: outputting a pulse signal for alarm sound from a sound generator, the pulse signal for alarm sound having a constant frequency and a constant duty ratio; converting the pulse signal for alarm sound into an analog signal for alarm sound by integrating the pulse signal for alarm sound; summing up the analog signal for turn-signal sound and the analog signal for alarm sound; and outputting the summed signal instead of the analog signal for turn-signal sound to the speaker.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pulse signal for turn-signal sound outputted from the pulse pattern generator has the frequency and the duty ratio arranged to vary according to the frequency and a sound pressure corresponding to the frequency included in an operating sound of a mechanical relay.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pulse signal for turn-signal sound outputted from the pulse pattern generator has the frequency and the duty ratio arranged to vary according to the frequency and a sound pressure corresponding to the frequency included in an operating sound of a mechanical relay.

5. A device for generating turn-signal sound of a vehicle, comprising:

a central processing unit for outputting from a pulse pattern generator a pulse signal for turn-signal sound having varying frequency and duty ratio;

an integration unit for integrating the pulse signal for turn-signal sound to convert the pulse signal for turn-signal sound into an analog signal for turn-signal sound; and

a speaker to which the analog signal for turn-signal sound is outputted.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2011
From: IKEDA, NAOHISA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027425/0240 →