US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, Kia on Nov. 3 for "Device and method for controlling virtual engine sound" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,647, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling virtual engine sound" was invented by Dae Hyun Kim (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Seung Woo Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Dong Geon Lee (Mungyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling a virtual engine sound includes a sensor for sensing a state of a vehicle, one or more sound output devices for outputting a virtual engine sound corresponding to the state of the vehicle, and a controller that measures a plurality of currents respectively output from th...