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Systems and methods for disabling a vehicle horn

  • US 9,296,334 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2012
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for disabling a vehicle horn, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving at a vehicle computer a location of a vehicle;

    receiving at the vehicle computer a location of one or more zones along a route where a vehicle horn is disabled;

    based on the location of the vehicle and the location of the one or more vehicle horn disabling zones, determining at the vehicle computer that the vehicle is in the one or more vehicle horn disabling zones;

    transmitting one or more instructions from the vehicle computer to the vehicle horn to disable the vehicle horn when in the one or more vehicle horn disabling zones, wherein the instructions are received at the vehicle horn from the vehicle computer, and wherein the vehicle horn is disabled based on the one or more instructions;

    detecting at the vehicle computer an emergency event at the one or more vehicle horn disabling zones, wherein the vehicle horn is re-enabled upon detecting the emergency event;

    after the vehicle horn is re-enabled upon detecting the emergency event;

    automatically honking the vehicle horn if a user does not initiate a honking event and a determined parameter reaches a threshold; and

    not automatically honking the vehicle horn if the user does initiate a honking event when the determined parameter is below the threshold.

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