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Sound-based vehicle safety system

  • US 20050041819A1
  • Filed: 08/22/2003
  • Published: 02/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A safety system for a host vehicle whose driver can be protected from audible noise, said safety system comprising:

  • (a) one or more directionally discriminating microphones on said host vehicle that discriminate against audible noise made by said host vehicle, (b) signal processing means, and (c) one or more loudspeakers positioned so that said driver can clearly hear sounds produced by said loudspeakers, said signal processing means receiving signals from said microphones, said loudspeakers receiving signals from said signal processing means, and said safety system is configured so that said driver can hear sounds resembling the sounds made by nearby vehicles that are close enough to said host vehicle that said driver should be aware of said nearby vehicles for purposes of safe driving, said driver can approximately locate by ear the position of said nearby vehicles that he or she apparently hears, and said driver is generally unaware of sounds from said safety system that originate from said host vehicle, whereby said driver is made aware of the presence of said nearby vehicles behind or beside said host vehicle, and said driver is not annoyed by additional noise from said host vehicle.

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