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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Inventors:
Nathan Peterson, Oxford, NC (US);
Gary D. Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John M. Petersen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 29/50 (2016.01); H04M 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/00 (2013.01); B60H 1/00507 (2013.01); B60H 2001/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, communication devices, and systems are disclosed for automatically controlling sound producing components of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an incoming communication and sending a first instruction to one or more vehicle components. The first instruction is configured to cause the one or more vehicle components to be placed in a reduced sound producing operational mode.