US 12,459,432 B2
Method of controlling sound of audio device based on gaze direction of vehicle occupant and device therefor
Tae Hun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seung Hwan Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Ji Soo Shin, Yongin-si (KR); and Myung Bin Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/624,668.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0089262 (KR), filed on Jul. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0018861 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 9/008 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured to control sounds of an audio device worn by an occupant, the device comprising:
an information acquisition unit configured to obtain information on the occupant and a hazard from sensors provided in a vehicle; and
a controller configured to control the audio device worn by the occupant to output a warning sound to indicate a hazardous situation,
wherein the controller is configured to adaptively determine a direction in which the audio device outputs the warning sound, based on the information on the occupant and the hazard obtained by the information acquisition unit.