Apparatus and method for controlling pop-up speaker, and vehicle including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsDong Jin Kim, Seung Woo Lee, Young Sun Choi, Jae Ok Lee, Hae Young Kwon
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Abstract
In a pop-up speaker control technology capable of reducing noise and vibration generated upon an operation of a pop-up speaker, the pop-up speaker control apparatus includes a driving module configured to pop up or down the pop-up speaker in response to control of an external device, and a processor operatively connected to the driving module and configured to control the driving module in response to a control from the external device, and the processor can control the driving module to operate the pop-up speaker nonlinearly.
Claims17
An apparatus for controlling an operation of a pop-up speaker provided in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a driving module configured to pop up or down the pop-up speaker in response to control of an operating switch;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to the driving module and the operating switch and configured to control the driving module in response to a control from the operating switch,
- wherein the processor is further configured to control the driving module to operate the pop-up speaker nonlinearly in the control of the operating switch, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to control the pop-up speaker according to a control curve with different characteristics based on a time point corresponding to a preset ratio of an overall operation of the pop-up speaker.
A method of controlling an operation of a pop-up speaker provided in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- a control operation of popping up the pop-up speaker in response to an operating ON signal received from an operating switch, or popping down the pop-up speaker in response to an operating OFF signal received from the operating switch,
- wherein the pop-up speaker operates nonlinearly in the responses to the operating ON signal and the operating OFF signal, and
- wherein, in the control operation, the pop-up speaker is controlled according to a control curve with different characteristics based on a time point corresponding to a preset ratio of an overall operation of the pop-up speaker.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a pop-up speaker;
- an operating switch configured to output a signal for turning the pop-up speaker on or off;
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- a pop-up speaker control apparatus including a processor and configured to control the pop-up speaker to operate the pop-up speaker nonlinearly,
- wherein the pop-up speaker control apparatus further includes a driving module operatively connected to the processor and configured to pop up or down the pop-up speaker nonlinearly in response to control of an operating switch, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to control the pop-up speaker according to a control curve with different characteristics based on a time point corresponding to a preset ratio of an overall operation of the pop-up speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.