POTENTIAL HAZARD INDICATING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A method for indicating potential hazards to a driver of a vehicle having speakers spaced about a vehicle interior, comprising:
- in response to detecting a hazard based on signals from one or more vehicle sensors, emitting a verbal warning sound specific to a type of the hazard with a volume varying with distance from the hazard from at least one of the speakers directionally aligned with the hazard and the driver.
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Abstract
A method of indicating potential hazards to a driver of a motor vehicle may include determining the presence of a potential hazard, determining a direction to the potential hazard relative to the driver of the motor vehicle, selecting one or more of a plurality of speakers provided in the motor vehicle and surrounding the driver, the one or more speakers being in substantially the same direction relative to the driver as the potential hazard, and emitting a warning sound from said one or more speakers.
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1. A method for indicating potential hazards to a driver of a vehicle having speakers spaced about a vehicle interior, comprising:
in response to detecting a hazard based on signals from one or more vehicle sensors, emitting a verbal warning sound specific to a type of the hazard with a volume varying with distance from the hazard from at least one of the speakers directionally aligned with the hazard and the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle comprising:
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sensors configured to detect position and distance of a hazard relative to a vehicle driver position; speakers disposed within a vehicle interior; and a controller programmed to, in response to the sensors detecting the hazard, generate a verbal warning from at least one of the speakers selected based on the position of the hazard relative to the vehicle driver position with a volume based on the distance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle warning system, comprising:
a controller programmed to generate a signal for at least one of a plurality of speakers within a vehicle selected based on direction and distance of a hazard detected by at least one vehicle sensor relative to a vehicle driver position, the signal having an amplitude and frequency varying in response to the distance of the hazard. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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