System and methods for vehicle sound font creation, playback, and networking
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1. A system for utilizing vehicle sound fonts to augment engine sounds of a vehicle, comprising:
- memory for storing a vehicle sound font;
a processor receiving a wireless transmission indicating an engine'"'"'s revolutions per minute;
the processor retrieving the vehicle sound font from the memory;
the processor initiating playback of the vehicle sound font in response to vehicle acceleration or deceleration; and
the processor altering a playback speed of the vehicle sound font to correspond to the engine'"'"'s revolutions per minute.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide for the creation of vehicle sound fonts, for utilizing the vehicle sound fonts to augment the engine sounds of a vehicle, and for establishing a network for sharing and controlling the playback of vehicle sound fonts and other media. The systems install in automobiles and play simulated engine sounds of other recorded vehicles in a controlled manner synchronized with the engine spark frequency of the playback vehicle. Automobiles with these systems may network together to share media and to coordinate playback in a synchronized manner among all vehicles of the network.
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1. A system for utilizing vehicle sound fonts to augment engine sounds of a vehicle, comprising:
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memory for storing a vehicle sound font; a processor receiving a wireless transmission indicating an engine'"'"'s revolutions per minute; the processor retrieving the vehicle sound font from the memory; the processor initiating playback of the vehicle sound font in response to vehicle acceleration or deceleration; and the processor altering a playback speed of the vehicle sound font to correspond to the engine'"'"'s revolutions per minute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for establishing a media sharing network in an environment comprising a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle having a system for storing and sharing media, the method comprising:
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receiving at a first receiver of a first vehicle a beacon transmission associated with at least a second vehicle announcing participation in a network; at the first vehicle, establishing a communications link between at least the first receiver of the first vehicle and a second transmitter of the second vehicle and between a first transmitter of the first vehicle and a second receiver of the second vehicle; determining a location of each vehicle communicating with the media sharing network; determining if there is new media available through any established communications link of the network, wherein new media comprises media that is not stored at the first vehicle prior establishing the communications link; and displaying the location of each vehicle in a user interface with the new media available for download from each vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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