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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/16 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2013.01); F02N 11/0814 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1282 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3016 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an engine sound audible to the operator in a vehicle cabin during an engine idle-stop. In one example, responsive to an engine idle-stop, modified versions of a generated engine sound may be played via a dashboard speaker during each of the engine spin-down, engine rest, and engine spin-up. The modified versions of a generated engine sound may at least partially cancel inherent engine spin-up and engine spin-down sounds while maintaining an engine idling sound.