Enhanced sound generation for quiet vehicles with vehicle-to-vehicle communication capabilities
US9731650B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/163
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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.
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