IP Library Granted Patent US 12,434,625
Granted Patent B2
US 12,434,625 · App. 18/375,277 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Vehicle proximity notification device, vehicle proximity notification method, and mobile device

Inventor: Fumiyasu Konno (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
B60Q5/006H04R1/22H04R2430/01H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 12,434,625
App. No.
18/375,277
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle proximity device includes: an obtainer that obtains a first audio signal obtained by extracting a first frequency band of a first sound source signal and a second audio signal obtained by extracting a second frequency band thereof; a simulated signal processor that generates a simulated signal based on a second sound source signal; a third filter that generates a third audio signal by extracting the first frequency band of the simulated signal; a fourth filter that generates a fourth audio signal by extracting the second frequency band of the simulated signal; a sound pressure adjuster that generates an output audio signal by adjusting the simulated signal to reduce a first difference between the first audio signal and the third audio signal and a second difference between the second audio signal and the fourth audio signal; and an outputter that outputs the output audio signal to the loudspeaker.

Claims (27)

1. A vehicle proximity notification device that notifies of proximity of a vehicle by causing a loudspeaker disposed in the vehicle to output an alarm sound toward an outside of the vehicle, the vehicle proximity notification device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory including a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations including:

obtaining a first audio signal obtained by extracting a first frequency band of a first sound source signal and a second audio signal obtained by extracting a second frequency band of the first sound source signal, the first sound source signal being applied with specific signal processing to give the first sound source signal, when output from the loudspeaker, (i) a sound pressure in the first frequency band greater than a stipulated first sound pressure and (ii) a sound pressure in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band greater than a stipulated second sound pressure;

generating a simulated signal by performing simulated signal processing on a second sound source signal different from the first sound source signal, the simulated signal processing including the specific signal processing and signal processing for simulating a characteristic of the loudspeaker;

generating a third audio signal by extracting the first frequency band of the simulated signal;

generating a fourth audio signal by extracting the second frequency band of the simulated signal;

generating an output audio signal by adjusting the sound pressure in the first frequency band of the simulated signal and the sound pressure in the second frequency band of the simulated signal to reduce a first difference between the first audio signal and the third audio signal and a second difference between the second audio signal and the fourth audio signal; and

outputting the output audio signal to the loudspeaker.

2. The vehicle proximity notification device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further include:

generating the first audio signal by extracting the first frequency band of the first sound source signal; and

generating the second audio signal by extracting the second frequency band of the first sound source signal.

3. The vehicle proximity notification device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first frequency band is included in a low frequency band lower than a predetermined frequency, and

the second frequency band is included in a high frequency band higher than or equal to the predetermined frequency.

4. The vehicle proximity notification device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are frequency bands that are not adjacent to each other among a plurality of frequency bands separated by every ⅓ octave.

5. A mobile device comprising:

the vehicle proximity notification device according to claim 1 ; and

the loudspeaker.

6. A vehicle proximity notification method for notifying of proximity of a vehicle by causing a loudspeaker disposed in the vehicle to output an alarm sound toward an outside of the vehicle, the vehicle proximity notification method comprising:

obtaining a first audio signal obtained by extracting a first frequency band of a first sound source signal and a second audio signal obtained by extracting a second frequency band of the first sound source signal, the first sound source signal being applied with specific signal processing to give the first sound source signal, when output from the loudspeaker, (i) a sound pressure in the first frequency band greater than a stipulated first sound pressure and (ii) a sound pressure in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band greater than a stipulated second sound pressure;

generating a simulated signal by performing simulated signal processing on a second sound source signal different from the first sound source signal, the simulated signal processing including the specific signal processing and signal processing for simulating a characteristic of the loudspeaker;

generating a third audio signal by extracting the first frequency band of the simulated signal;

generating a fourth audio signal by extracting the second frequency band of the simulated signal;

generating an output audio signal by adjusting the sound pressure in the first frequency band of the simulated signal and the sound pressure in the second frequency band of the simulated signal to reduce a first difference between the first audio signal and the third audio signal and a second difference between the second audio signal and the fourth audio signal; and

outputting the output audio signal to the loudspeaker.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068328/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: KONNO, FUMIYASU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067054/0497 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-159930 · Oct 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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