Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle presence notification apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 车辆存在通知装置
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Application No.: US13154681Application Date: 2011-06-07
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Publication No.: US08217767B2Publication Date: 2012-07-10
- Inventor: Toshiaki Nakayama
- Applicant: Toshiaki Nakayama
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: JP2010-132107 20100609; JP2010-138449 20100617
- Main IPC: G08B3/00
- IPC: G08B3/00 ; B60Q1/00 ; G10K9/00

Abstract:
A vehicular horn device of an existing electromagnetic type is used as a dynamic speaker so as to generate a false engine sound. The shortage of a low-pitched sound in a parametric speaker device is complemented with a false engine sound which the vehicular horn device generates. Thereby, without need of mounting a large-sized dynamic speaker such as a woofer in a vehicle, a false engine sound is generated so as to model for a real engine sound. In addition, as the vehicle approaches a pedestrian, a sound tone of the false engine sound which the pedestrian hears changes, enabling the pedestrian to easily notice the approach or presence of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110304445A1 Vehicle Presence Notification Apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-12-15
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