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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Allen Gee, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Shafer Burch Seymour, Bartlett, IL (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/54 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 5/008 (2013.01); B60Q 5/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Two or more quiet vehicles traveling together sense each other and communicate to each other the condition of the respective drivers of the vehicles and announce their presence to pedestrians and other motorists using noise sounds. The characteristics of the emitted sounds are selected according to a level of threat presented by the quiet vehicles.