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Vehicle, control method of vehicle, and vehicle driving sound control apparatus and method

US9694746B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2015
Grant dateJul 4, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S7/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user may freely generate a vehicle driving sound using a mounted mobile terminal so as to generate various types of driving sounds through a speaker. A vehicle includes a setting unit configured to set response characteristics of a vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of pieces of vehicle state information and set a section-specific volume of the vehicle driving sound for at least one of a plurality of set response characteristics including revolutions per minute (RPM) and a controller configured to control an output of the vehicle driving sound generated according to a setting of the setting unit and control sound transfer characteristics unique to the vehicle to be reflected when the vehicle driving sound is generated and output.

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