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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Applicants:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
2236008 Ontario Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Mark Robert Every, Vancouver, CA;
Phillip Alan Hetherington, Vancouver, CA;
Leonard Charles Layton, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
2236008 Ontario Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); B60C 9/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for synthesizing an engine sound may receive one or more vehicle operational data signals. One or more tone parameters associated with a Shepard tone generator may be modified responsive to the one or more vehicle operation data signals. A Shepard tone may be generated responsive to the modified one or more tone parameters. The Shepard tone may be reproduced using one or more audio transducers.