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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
James R. Snider, Kildeer, IL (US);
Erick A. Boughton, Morton Grove, IL (US);
William J. Klein, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0965 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/0965 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
Surrounding awareness is provided using sound recognition by detecting sound, determining frequency components of the detected sound and comparing the frequency components of the detected sound to the frequency components of known sound sources. If the components of a known sound source are detected, the source of the sound is determined to be present. An appropriate warning or enunciation of the sound source is provided.