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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
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. The method includes determining when the vehicle is operating, and controlling a speaker system in the vehicle to emanate the audible alert outside of the vehicle for a period of time when the vehicle is operating. The audible alert has a sound profile that includes a simultaneous emanation of a first audible frequency component at a first sound pressure level and a second audible frequency component at a second sound pressure level, with the first and second sound pressure levels being greater than a sound pressure level of the sound profile at all other frequencies. The method further includes modulating the first sound pressure level of the first audible frequency component.