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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Heather Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Tsuyoshi Kanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Sato, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Toshiyuki Tabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Heather Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Tsuyoshi Kanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Sato, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Toshiyuki Tabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle to emanate an audible alert including determining when the vehicle is operating, and controlling a speaker system in the vehicle to emanate the audible alert outside of the vehicle when the vehicle is operating based on stored information representative of an internal combustion engine (ICE) noise profile. The audible alert has a sound profile including a simultaneous emanation of first, second and third audible frequency components having first, second and third frequencies, respectively, with the first and second frequencies emanating at first and second sound pressure levels greater than first and second representative sound pressure levels of the ICE noise profile at the first and second frequencies, respectively, and the third frequency emanating at a third sound pressure level less than a third representative sound pressure level of the ICE noise profile at the third frequency.