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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Frank C. Valeri, Novi, MI (US);

Glenn Pietila, Howell, MI (US);

Richard I. Chang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06N 5/022 (2013.01); G10K 15/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); B60K 2370/50 (2019.05); B60Y 2306/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

An audio system of a vehicle includes a selection module configured to, based on whether a gear shift of a transmission of the vehicle is occurring, set a selected torque to one of: a torque output of an engine of the vehicle; and a predicted torque output of the engine. A sound control module is configured to: determine frequencies for outputting a predetermined engine sound; and based on the selected torque, determine magnitudes for outputting the predetermined engine sound at the frequencies, respectively. An audio driver module is configured to apply power to speakers to output sound within a passenger cabin of the vehicle at the magnitudes and frequencies, respectively.


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