Augmented audio output by an electric vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsYael Shmueli Friedland, Jigar Kapadia, Zahy Bnaya, Omer Tsimhoni, Asaf Degani
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Abstract
Systems and methods to augment audio output in an electric vehicle (EV) include obtaining inputs from one or more sensors. The inputs include information about the EV and about one or more persons outside the EV. A current scenario is defined based on the inputs. Whether the current scenario matches a predefined scenario among a set of predefined scenarios is determined, and augmented audio output is produced according to the predefined scenario.
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A method of augmenting audio output in an electric vehicle (EV), the method comprising:
- obtaining, at a controller, inputs from one or more sensors, wherein the inputs include information about the EV and information about one or more persons outside the EV, wherein the information about the one or more persons outside the EV indicates a condition of the one or more persons, wherein the condition of the one or more persons comprises the one or more persons being visually impaired;
- defining, using the controller, a current scenario based on the inputs;
- determining, using the controller, whether the current scenario matches a predefined scenario among a set of predefined scenarios;
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- producing augmented audio output according to the predefined scenario, wherein an audio level of the augmented audio output is disproportionate to an action of the electric vehicle and is determined based at least in part on the condition of the one or more persons, and wherein the audio level of the augmented audio output is increased relative to the audio level of the augmented audio output for a non-visually impaired person.
A system to augment audio output in an electric vehicle (EV), the system comprising:
- one or more sensors;
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- a controller configured to obtain inputs from one or more sensors, wherein the inputs include information about the EV and about one or more persons outside the EV, to define a current scenario based on the inputs, to determine whether the current scenario matches a predefined scenario among a set of predefined scenarios, and to produce augmented audio output according to the predefined scenario,
- wherein the information about the one or more persons outside the EV comprises a behavior of the one or more persons, the behavior indicating a condition of the one or more persons, and
- wherein an audio level of the augmented audio output is disproportionate to an action of the electric vehicle and is determined based at least in part on the condition of the one or more persons.
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