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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 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 ...
B60C 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 5/008 (2013.01); A61B 5/082 (2013.01); B60K 28/066 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
The presence of an electrically-powered quiet vehicle is accomplished by determining a state of mind or physical state of the driver, determining the presence and proximity of humans and other objects, how the vehicle is being operated and generating a noise correlative to the threat posed by the vehicle to humans and other objects.