Hyundai Motor Company

Bong Ho Lee

Ji Hoon Jeong

Kitae Lee

Ji Min Lim

Ki Soo Yoon

Jae Hyn Park

Chang Beom Kim

Dong Kon Lee

Eun Seok Yoo

Moonseok Lee

Sung Kwang Shin

An apparatus for generating a virtual engine sound is provided. The apparatus includes a rotating bracket member that is disposed within a wheel of a vehicle and includes movement space therein, and elastic bodies, each of which has a first end fixed to a substantial rotation center position of the rotating bracket member. In addition, the apparatus includes weight bodies which are fixed to a second end of the elastic body, and are configured to move within the movement space based on a rotation speed of the wheel of the vehicle, and selectively contact the rotating bracket member.

Apparatus for generating virtual engine sound

Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a virtual engine sound of a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. More specifically, the system includes a sensor for detecting when the vehicle is inside an enclosure; a virtual engine sound generation portion for generating the virtual engine sound of the vehicle; and a control portion for receiving data detected by the sensor to control the virtual engine sound based upon whether or not the vehicle is inside the enclosure, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the data to the virtual engine generation portion.

System for controlling virtual engine sound and method thereof

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Bong Ho Lee