Vehicle audio control device
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorFarokh Kavarana
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Abstract
A vehicle audio control device includes an electronic controller, a computer-readable medium and an audiovisual system. The electronic controller is programmed to be in communication with a sensor system of an electrified vehicle to receive signals from the sensor system regarding a state of the electrified vehicle during a vehicle drive cycle. The computer-readable medium stores a plurality sound outputs. Each of the sound outputs corresponds to one or more states of the vehicle drive cycle. The user interface is operable to set the sound outputs with respect to the one or more states of the vehicle drive cycle. The audiovisual system has at least one speaker controlled by the electronic controller to generate the sound outputs when the electrified vehicle is in the corresponding state of the vehicle drive cycle.
Claims13
A vehicle audio control device comprising:
- an electronic controller programmed to be in communication with a sensor system of an electrified vehicle to receive signals from the sensor system regarding a state of the electrified vehicle during a vehicle drive cycle;
- a computer-readable medium comprising a plurality sound outputs, each of the sound outputs corresponding to one or more states of the vehicle drive cycle;
- a user interface operable to set the sound outputs with respect to the one or more states of the vehicle drive cycle;
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- an audiovisual system having at least one speaker controlled by the electronic controller to generate the sound outputs when the electrified vehicle is in the corresponding state of the vehicle drive cycle,
- each of the one or more states of the vehicle drive cycle having a sound profile which includes customized settings for at least one selected from the group consisting of:
- an on/off selection for volume, a selection of one of the plurality of sound outputs, a sound volume, and a sound response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.