US 11,745,652 B2
Device and method for controlling sound signal of vehicle, and device of outputting sound signal
Minjae Bae, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Minjae Bae, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,541.
Application 17/884,541 is a continuation of application No. 16/784,260, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,450,156.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0014678 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0383676 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60Q 5/008 (2013.01) [B60Q 5/00 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/255 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G07C 5/0833 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an object detector configured to detect an object near a vehicle or a driving path of the vehicle using one or more sensors mounted on the vehicle, and obtain object information of the object; and
a signal generator configured to generate a signal corresponding to the object based on the object information with respect to vehicle information of the vehicle by controlling at least one of a frequency and a volume of the signal,
wherein the signal generator is further configured to generate a beamformed signal of the signal with direction information by controlling a delay and a level of the signal, and
wherein two or more speakers are mounted on the vehicle, and a respective one of the two or more speakers is assigned with a weight and outputs the beamformed signal based on the weight and the direction information.