Pseudo-tach signal system for a motor vehicle
View Patent ↗A pseudo-tach signal system includes a pseudo-tach signal modeling module, and an output module operatively connected to the pseudo-tach signal modeling module. The output module exports a pseudo-tach signal based audible sound.
1. A pseudo-tach signal system for an electric motor vehicle comprising:
a pseudo-tach signal modeling module; and
an output module operatively connected to the pseudo-tach signal modeling module, the output module exporting a pseudo-tach signal based audible sound representative of an operating condition of the electric motor vehicle.
2. The pseudo-tach signal system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a blending module including a blending model that synchronizes the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound with existing audible tones.
3. The pseudo-tach signal system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a storage module including one or more stored pseudo-tach signals.
4. The pseudo-tach signal system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a receiving module configured and disposed to receive one or more input signals from a motor vehicle.
5. The pseudo-tach signal system according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more input signals includes one of a speed signal, a torque signal, an accelerator pedal position signal, an acceleration signal, and a vehicle selected mode signal.
6. The pseudo-tach system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a speaker operatively connected to the output module, the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound being exported to the speaker.
7. A motor vehicle comprising:
a drivetrain including an electric motor and a transmission; and
a pseudo-tach signal system including:
a pseudo-tach signal modeling module; and
an output module operatively connected to the pseudo-tach signal modeling module, the output module exporting a pseudo-tach signal based audible sound representative of an operating condition of the electric motor.
8. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , further comprising: a blending module including a blending model that synchronizes the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound with an existing audible signal generated by the drivetrain.
9. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , further comprising: a storage module including one or more stored pseudo-tach signals.
10. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , further comprising: a receiving module configured and disposed to receive one or more input signals from a motor vehicle.
11. The motor vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more input signals includes one of a speed signal, a torque signal, an accelerator pedal position signal, an acceleration signal, and a vehicle selected mode signal.
12. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , further comprising: a speaker operatively connected to the output module, the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound being exported to the speaker.
13. A method of generating electric motor vehicle tones comprising:
receiving an acoustic signal indicator indicative of an operating condition of the electric motor vehicle;
generating a pseudo-tach signal associated with the acoustic signal indicator;
modeling a pseudo-tach signal based audible sound on the pseudo-tach signal; and
outputting the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound through a motor vehicle speaker.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound represents an audible signal that simulates an audible output of a rotating machine.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein modeling the pseudo-tach based audible sound includes creating an artificial order signal that matches existing audible tones in the motor vehicle.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating the pseudo-tach signal includes retrieving the pseudo-tach signal from a storage module.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: storing a modeled pseudo-tach signal in the storage module.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving an acoustic signal indicator includes receiving one of one of a speed signal, a torque signal, an accelerator pedal position signal, an acceleration signal, and a vehicle selected mode signal.
19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising: blending the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound with existing audible motor vehicle tones.
20. The method of claim 13 , further comprising: amplifying the pseudo-tach signal based audible sound to be perceived externally of the motor vehicle.