| CPC G10K 11/34 (2013.01) [G10K 11/178 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A vehicle comprising:
a plurality of speakers;
a processor including a sound controller configured to control a sound output from each of the plurality of speakers;
a plurality of options respectively associated with operations of a plurality of functions installed in the vehicle;
wherein the sound controller is capable of changing the sound output from each of the plurality of speakers to a sound that arrives from a virtual sound source set at a predetermined position, and changes a position of the virtual sound source for each of the plurality of options,
the sound controller has a function of changing a sound corresponding to an indicator indicating a state to the sound that arrives from the virtual sound source set at a position corresponding to a degree of the state, and performing an indicator notification process for outputting the sound from one of the plurality of speakers,
the indicator indicating the state includes an inter-vehicle distance indicator configured to indicate an inter-vehicle distance set by adaptive cruise control, and
wherein the sound controller changes the position of the virtual sound source in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, based on the inter-vehicle distance.
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