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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Uwe Hahne, Buettelborn, DE;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2013.01); B60Q 5/008 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and a method for generating artificial driving noises for a motor vehicle, and to a computer program for carrying out the method is provided. Environmental conditions, objects and/or other road users are recorded via an environmental sensor unit. Depending thereupon and, as required, depending upon vehicle-internal information driving noises are generated with special properties. In this way other road users can be alerted to otherwise quietly driving vehicles.