US 11,919,446 B2
Apparatus and method for generating sound of electric vehicle
Ki Chang Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Dong Chul Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,103.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0027556 (KR), filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278492 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 9/00 (2013.01) [G10K 15/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method for generating a sound of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by a processing device, whether a current condition is a regenerative braking condition;
generating, by the processing device, a regenerative braking sound based on an amount of change in motor torque in the regenerative braking condition; and
outputting, by the processing device, the regenerative braking sound.