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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher R. Wilson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Edward Thomas Heil, Howell, MI (US);
Sundaresan Balasubramanian, Lake Orion, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for providing audible notification to a user when braking sub-systems within a vehicle are actuated includes a system controller in communication with a vehicle controller, a plurality of sensors, an infotainment system within the vehicle and a plurality of braking sub-systems within the vehicle, the system controller adapted to identify at least one actuated braking sub-system from the plurality of braking sub-systems, calculate, for each of the at least one actuated braking sub-system, a delta representing a relative influence of each of the at least one actuated braking sub-system, select, based on the calculated deltas, a dominant one of the at least one actuated braking sub-system, select an audible signal associated with the dominant one of the at least one actuated braking sub-system, select a volume at which the selected audible signal is to be broadcast, and broadcast, via the vehicle infotainment system, the audible signal.