Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Seoul National University

Myung Hwan Yun

Sung Ho Kim

Ki Chang Kim

Dong Chul Park

Kyoung Jin Chang

Sang Jin Hong

Jin Sung Lee

Tae Kun Yun

Eun Soo Jo

Ju In Kim

An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle sound are provided. The apparatus a detection device that detects driving information and drive mode setting information and a processing device electrically connected with the detection device. The processing device determines an emotional state of a driver based on at least one of the driving information or the drive mode setting information, determines a sound concept depending on the emotional state of the driver, and controls a vehicle sound depending on the sound concept.

Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle sound

An apparatus and a method for caring emotion of a driver based on a vehicle sound, may include a detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle and body information of a user, a non-transitory storage to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor determines an emotional status of the driver by use of at least one of the driving information or the body information, to generate a healing sound by designing a virtual sound based on the driving information and the emotional status of the driver, and to generate and output the healing sound.

Apparatus and method for caring emotion based on vehicle sound

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