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Granted Patent B2
US 9,694,746 · App. 14/834,188 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Vehicle, control method of vehicle, and vehicle driving sound control apparatus and method

Inventors: Enusoo Jo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ju In Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Taekun Yun (Anyang-si, KR); Kyoung Jin Chang (Suwon-si, KR); Seonghyeon Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Doyoung Park (Seoul, KR); Dong Chul Park (Anyang-si, KR); Seok Gwan Hong (Gwangmyeong-si, KR); Ki Woong Jeong (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
B60Q9/00G10H1/08H04R3/00G10H2210/301G10H2220/116G10H2220/351G10H2250/381H04R2430/01
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Patent No.
US 9,694,746
App. No.
14/834,188
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user may freely generate a vehicle driving sound using a mounted mobile terminal so as to generate various types of driving sounds through a speaker. A vehicle includes a setting unit configured to set response characteristics of a vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of pieces of vehicle state information and set a section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of set response characteristics including revolutions per minute (RPM) and a controller configured to control an output of the vehicle driving sound generated according to a setting of the setting unit and control sound transfer characteristics unique to the vehicle to be reflected when the vehicle driving sound is generated and output.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a setting unit configured to set response characteristics of a vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of pieces of vehicle state information and set a section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of set response characteristics including revolutions per minute (RPM); and

a controller configured to control an output of the vehicle driving sound generated according to a setting of the setting unit and control characteristics of a sound-specific frequency distribution of an internal space of the vehicle to be reflected when the vehicle driving sound is generated and output.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pieces of vehicle state information include at least one of accelerator pedal sensitivity, torque, a speed, and a transmission gear stage of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the setting of the section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound includes setting a volume of a target driving sound through adding and offsetting for an actual engine sound according to each section.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics are characteristics of a driving sound transfer time according to a plurality of positions within a boarding space and a relative position of a speaker from which the vehicle driving sound is output.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics are synchronization characteristics of an output timing of each of a plurality of speakers from which the vehicle driving sound is output.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit is at least one of a head unit and a mobile terminal.

7. A control method of a vehicle comprising:

setting response characteristics of a vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of pieces of vehicle state information;

setting a section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of set response characteristics including revolutions per minute (RPM); and

controlling an output of the vehicle driving sound generated according to the setting of a setting unit and controlling characteristics of a sound-specific frequency distribution of an internal space of the vehicle to be reflected when the vehicle driving sound is generated and output.

8. The control method of the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of pieces of vehicle state information include at least one of accelerator pedal sensitivity, torque, a speed, and a transmission gear stage.

9. The control method of the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the setting of the section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound includes setting a volume of a target driving sound through adding and offsetting for an actual engine sound according to each section.

10. The control method of the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the characteristics are characteristics of a driving sound transfer time according to a plurality of positions within a boarding space and a relative position of a speaker from which the vehicle driving sound is output.

11. The control method of the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the characteristics are synchronization characteristics of an output timing of each of a plurality of speakers from which the vehicle driving sound is output.

12. The control method of the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the setting unit is at least one of a head unit and a mobile terminal.

13. A vehicle driving sound control apparatus comprising:

a setting unit configured to set response characteristics of a vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of pieces of vehicle state information and set a section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of set response characteristics including RPM; and

a controller configured to control an output of the vehicle driving sound generated according to a setting of the setting unit and control characteristics of a sound-specific frequency distribution of an internal space of the vehicle to be reflected when the vehicle driving sound is generated and output.

14. A vehicle comprising:

a setting unit configured to set response characteristics of a vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of pieces of vehicle state information including accelerator pedal sensitivity, torque, a speed, and a transmission gear stage of the vehicle and set a section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of set response characteristics including RPM; and

a controller configured to control an output of the vehicle driving sound generated according to a setting of the setting unit and control characteristics of a sound-specific frequency distribution of an internal space of the vehicle to be reflected when the vehicle driving sound is generated and output.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2015
From: JO, ENUSOO; KIM, JU IN; YUN, TAEKUN; CHANG, KYOUNG JIN; KIM, SEONGHYEON; PARK, DOYOUNG; PARK, DONG CHUL; HONG, SEOK GWAN; JEONG, KI WOONG
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0163289 · Nov 21, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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