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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Heather Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Tsuyoshi Kanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Sato, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Toshiyuki Tabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Andy Christensen, Livonia, MI (US);
Heather Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Tsuyoshi Kanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Sato, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Toshiyuki Tabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Andy Christensen, Livonia, MI (US);
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of emanating a sound from a vehicle includes detecting a transmission state and a brake state of the vehicle and determining whether a vehicle movement state indicates intent to move the vehicle from a stationary state based on the transmission state and the brake state. The method further includes emanating the sound when the vehicle movement state indicates intent to move the vehicle, and refraining from emanating the sound when the vehicle is in the stationary state and the vehicle movement state fails to indicate intent to move the vehicle.