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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Ki Chang Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Sung Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong Soo Eo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong Chul Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Tae Kun Yun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji Won Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of playing a virtual after-burn sound in an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes acquiring driver tendency information generated based on information of music played in a mobile phone and collecting driving variable information for playing a virtual sound during operation of the electric vehicle. Additionally, characteristics of a virtual after-burn sound are determined based on the collected driving variable information. The characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound are corrected according to the acquired driver tendency information. An after-burn signal is generated for playing the virtual after-burn sound based on information about the corrected characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound and operation of sound equipment is adjusted according to the created after-burn signal such that a virtual after-burn sound discriminated according to the driver tendency is played and output from the sound equipment.