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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Sales, U.s.a., Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Inventor:
James T. Pisz, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); G08C 23/02 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08C 23/02 (2013.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01); B60K 2350/928 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for using audible tones generated by a vehicle driver's use of a tone actuator in a vehicle. The vehicle generates an audible tone which is capable of being heard by the driver as well as being received by a processor in the vehicle, the processor accessing a memory table correlating each distinct tone with a distinct vehicle control function. The processor outputs a signal to select the vehicle control function corresponding to the generated tone.