Patent ID: 11929051
Assignee: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An environment awareness system comprising:
a memory configured to store environmental data, one or more music composition templates, and one or more maps, wherein the environmental data is indicative of at least one of a state, condition, or change in an environment in which the environment awareness system is located;
a first module configured to receive and store the environmental data in the memory; and
a second module configured to
based on the one or more music composition templates and the one or more maps, convert the environmental data to a music signal including modifying variables in the one or more music composition templates based on the environmental data, and
based on the music signal, play out a musical composition via an audio system to audibly indicate the at least one of the state, condition, or change in the environment,

wherein the second module is configured to at least one of i) change the musical composition differently for different points of interest, ii) change the musical composition based on a distance to a selected one of the different points of interest, iii) change the musical composition to play different musical instruments for each of the different points of interest, and iv) change the musical composition to vary an amount of musical mismatch from a user preference based on closeness that the environmental data is to a selected one of the different points of interest, wherein the different points of interest are destinations selected by a user.