Method and a device for generating artificial driving noises of a vehicle

摘要

A device and a method for generating artificial driving noises for a motor vehicle, and to a computer program for carrying out the method is provided. Environmental conditions, objects and/or other road users are recorded via an environmental sensor unit. Depending thereupon and, as required, depending upon vehicle-internal information driving noises are generated with special properties. In this way other road users can be alerted to otherwise quietly driving vehicles.

主权项

1. A method for generating artificial driving noises in a motor vehicle, comprising:
emitting and receiving at least one of optical, acoustic and electromagnetic signals with the aid of an environmental sensor unit in order to record objects; controlling the emission of signals by a control unit; evaluating the received signals by the control unit; generating by a sound generating unit in communication with the control unit artificial driving noises and acoustically emitting the artificial driving noises to the outside; and modifying properties of the artificial driving noises based on a trailer being attached to the motor vehicle, wherein the properties of the artificial driving noises are based on the evaluation of at least one of the received signals, the objects recorded and vehicle-internal data, and the properties of the artificial driving noises are modified based on a detection of the attached trailer and a weight of the trailer load.