US 12,169,662 B2
Vehicle and control method thereof
Kyoung-Jin Chang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dong Chul Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jinsung Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sangjin Hong, 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 Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,802.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0023239 (KR), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0269474 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [A61M 21/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2230/06 (2013.01); A61M 2230/65 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle, comprising:
a camera configured to photograph a face of a driver;
a sensor configured to obtain skin information of the driver;
a speaker; and
a controller configured to:
determine a physical condition of the driver based on at least one of a face image of the driver and the skin information of the driver,
determine a sound source and a parameter based on the physical condition of the driver,
generate a driving sound by synthesizing a signal corresponding to driving information of the electric vehicle with the sound source and the parameter, and
control the speaker to output the driving sound,
wherein the driving sound includes operation sound and vibration sound of an engine; and
wherein the driving information includes at least one of a rotation per minute (RPM) of a motor of the electric vehicle, a speed of the electric vehicle, an acceleration of the electric vehicle, and a pedal effort of the electric vehicle.