Vehicle proximity annunciator device
AssigneeAnden Co., Ltd.
InventorsHaruyuki Tsuzuki, Yoshimitsu Ukai, Yukiko Matsubara, Chikara Yamamoto
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Abstract
A vehicle proximity annunciator device reduces an occurrence of a pop noise without an additional circuit changing an output of a power amplifier. A capacitor is located between a connection point connecting multiple resistances generating a reference voltage and a ground terminal. The capacitor causes a rise-up time of the reference voltage to delay at a start of power supply to a power source terminal. A sound emission signal is increased at substantially a same level of the reference voltage so that a variation of a differential voltage between the reference voltage and the sound emission signal falls in a pre-determined range.
Claims6
A vehicle proximity annunciator device for notifying vehicle proximity by emitting an annunciation sound from a speaker equipped in a vehicle, the vehicle proximity annunciator device comprising:
- a reference voltage generation circuit generating a reference voltage obtained by dividing a power supply voltage, which is applied to a power source terminal, by a plurality of resistances;
- a sound emission signal generation portion generating a sound emission signal;
- a power amplifier outputting an amplified signal from an output terminal of the power amplifier, the amplified signal being generated by amplifying a differential voltage between the reference voltage and voltage of the sound emission signal;
- a coupling capacitor located between the output terminal of the power amplifier and the speaker;
- and
- a rise-up delay capacitor located between a connection point connecting the plurality of resistances generating the reference voltage and a ground terminal, wherein the rise-up delay capacitor causes a rise-up time of the reference voltage to delay at a start of power supply to the power source terminal,
- wherein
- the sound emission signal generation portion increases the sound emission signal with substantially a same voltage level as the reference voltage so that a variation of the differential voltage between the reference voltage and the voltage of the sound emission signal falls in a threshold range.
A vehicle proximity annunciator device for notifying vehicle proximity, comprising:
- a power source including a power source terminal;
- a reference voltage generation circuit including a plurality of resistors that divide a power supply voltage to generate a reference voltage to be applied to the power source terminal;
- a sound emission signal generation portion generating a sound emission signal;
- a power amplifier including an output terminal, which outputs an amplified signal;
- a speaker electrically coupled to the power amplifier;
- a coupling capacitor located between the output terminal of the power amplifier and the speaker;
- and
- a rise-up delay capacitor located between a connection point connecting the plurality of resistors in the reference voltage generation circuit and ground, wherein
- the amplified signal is generated by amplifying a differential voltage between the reference voltage and voltage of the sound emission signal,
- the rise-up delay capacitor causes a rise-up time of the reference voltage to delay at a start of power supply to the power source terminal, and
- the sound emission signal generation portion increases the sound emission signal with the voltage level that is substantially the same as the reference voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.