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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Shunichi Kanehara, Yamato, JP;
Koji Shionome, Yamato, JP;
Inventors:
Shunichi Kanehara, Yamato, JP;
Koji Shionome, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 1/07 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 1/07 (2013.01); B60Q 1/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0657 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is intended to notify vehicle deceleration information more accurately. When an engine torque Te has a negative value, a sound volume adjustment coefficient kt is calculated depending on the engine torque Te, and a sound volume is adjusted depending on the sound volume adjustment coefficient kt. The sound volume adjustment coefficient kt is set to have a larger value as the absolute value of the engine torque Te becomes larger.