Vehicle signal system having a plurality of force generators for producing a user-experienced feedback

An electrically-powered vehicle comprising:

• a frame;
• a body coupled with the frame and defining a passenger cabin therein, the body having a plurality of interior sensors and a plurality of exterior sensors, wherein the body and the frame incorporate a plurality of resonating substrates;
• a plurality of seating positions within the passenger cabin, each seating position having a plurality of occupant touch points and being located adjacent to at least one resonating substrate of the plurality of resonating substrates;
• a plurality of force generators that includes circular force generators that are positioned in communication with the plurality of resonating substrates, respectively, the plurality of force generators also positioned proximate the occupant touch points;
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• a controller in communication with the plurality of interior sensors, the plurality of exterior sensors and the circular force generators, wherein the controller operates the circular force generators to act on at least one of the plurality of resonating substrates and the plurality of occupant touch points in response to sensed feedback from at least one sensor of the pluralities of interior sensors and exterior sensors, and wherein a portion of the circular force generators and a corresponding portion of the plurality of resonating substrates operate in combination to produce multiple auditory frequencies that are indicative of a multi-tonal sound, and wherein respective force generators of the plurality of force generators are operated in combination to produce a set of sequenced activations that produces a three-dimensional haptic signal, the three-dimensional haptic signal operating through the respective force generators and the set of sequenced activations to change a source of the three-dimensional haptic signal, wherein the source of the three-dimensional haptic signal is moved along a directional component of the three-dimensional haptic signal and through the respective force generators of at least two respective occupant touch points of the plurality of occupant touch points, the at least two respective occupant touch points being positioned along the directional component.

A vehicle comprising:

• a frame;
• a body coupled with the frame and defining a passenger cabin therein, the body having a plurality of interior sensors and a plurality of exterior sensors;
• a plurality of resonating substrates that are incorporated into at least one of the frame and the body;
• a plurality of seating positions within the passenger cabin, each seating position having a plurality of occupant touch points;
• a first plurality of force generators positioned proximate the plurality of resonating substrates, the first plurality of force generators selectively operating on a portion of the plurality of resonating substrates to produce an auditory signal;
• a second plurality of force generators positioned proximate the occupant touch points, the second plurality of force generators operating cooperatively with the occupant touch points to produce at least a haptic signal;
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• a controller in communication with the plurality of interior sensors, the plurality of exterior sensors, the first plurality of force generators, and the second plurality of force generators, wherein the controller operates the first plurality and the second plurality of force generators in response to sensed feedback from at least one sensor of the pluralities of interior sensors and exterior sensors to generate a three-dimensional signal that includes the auditory signal and the haptic signal, wherein the first plurality of force generators and the second plurality of force generators are operated in combination to produce a set of sequenced activations that produces the auditory signal and the haptic signal, respectively, and wherein the set of sequenced activations changes a source of at least the haptic signal, wherein the source of at least the haptic signal is moved along a directional component of the three-dimensional signal and the haptic signal and through a portion of the passenger cabin, wherein the source of at least the haptic signal originates through respective force generators of the second plurality of force generators of at least two touch points of the occupant touch points, the at least two touch points being positioned along the directional component.