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Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 25, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/20 (2006.01); G01P 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2013.01); G01P 1/08 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sound volume is adjusted in accordance with a volume adjustment coefficient ka calculated in accordance with a coefficient map with respect to an accelerator opening angle APO and another volume adjustment coefficient kv calculated in accordance with the coefficient map with respect to a vehicle speed V. The coefficient map with respect to vehicle speed V is set such that, as accelerator opening angle APO becomes higher, volume adjustment coefficient ka becomes larger in a sigmoid configuration. In addition, the coefficient map with respect to accelerator opening angle APO is set such that, as vehicle speed V becomes higher, volume adjustment coefficient kv becomes smaller in the sigmoid configuration.


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