US 12,284,491 B2
Vehicle and method for controlling thereof
Kyoung Jin Chang, 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 Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,838.
Application 18/139,838 is a division of application No. 17/082,592, filed on Oct. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,671,754.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0077390 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262383 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/00 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3629 (2013.01); G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 9/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G10K 15/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a database configured to store a plurality of sound sources classified as a first terrain and a plurality of sound sources classified as a second terrain;
a speaker; and
a controller configured to:
receive map image output from a navigation system;
output a ratio of first color and a ratio of second color forming the map image by processing the map image;
select a first sound source from among a plurality of sound sources classified as the first terrain based on the ratio of the first color;
select a second sound source from among a plurality of sound sources classified as the second terrain based on the ratio of the second color;
determine a first playback period and a second playback period based on the ratio of the first color and the ratio of the second color;
output a first sound generated based on the first sound source during the first playback period by the speaker; and
output a second sound generated based on the second sound source during the second playback period;
wherein the first playback period is determined to be longer than the second playback period when the ratio of the first color is higher than the ratio of the second color.