IP Library Granted Patent US 11,560,102
Granted Patent B2
US 11,560,102 · App. 17/026,891 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Vehicle with speaker for outputting virtual engine sound and controlling method thereof

Inventor: Yonghwan Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
B60R11/0217B60Q1/0023H04R1/025H04R1/028H04R3/04H04R5/02H04R5/04H04B1/082H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 11,560,102
App. No.
17/026,891
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle and a controlling method of the same include a speaker outputting virtual engine sound integrated with a head lamp. The vehicle includes the head lamp; a head lamp case in which the head lamp is provided; and a speaker for outputting a virtual engine sound, and provided inside the head lamp case, where an internal cross-sectional area of the head lamp case may increase in a direction toward a front of the vehicle based on a position where the speaker is provided.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a head lamp;

a head lamp case in which the head lamp is provided; and

a speaker for outputting a virtual engine sound, the speaker being provided inside the head lamp case,

wherein an internal cross-sectional area of the head lamp case increases in a direction toward a front of the vehicle based on a position where the speaker is provided, and

wherein the speaker comprises a vibration plate provided toward the front of the vehicle,

wherein a cross-sectional area of the speaker has a same size as the internal cross-sectional area of the head lamp case at the position where the speaker is provided, so that the speaker spatially separates the head lamp case into a first area and a second area based on the position where the speaker is provided,

wherein the cross-sectional area of the speaker is horizontal to the vibration plate, and

wherein the second area of the head lamp case acts as an enclosure for the speaker.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker includes:

a first speaker provided in a left head lamp case; and

a second speaker provided in a right head lamp case.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2024
From: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
To: KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069164/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2020
From: HWANG, YONGHWAN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053832/0101 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0020282 · Feb 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210253036A1 · Aug 19, 2021
Cited By (1)
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