Patent ID: 9365158
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60Q,G10K,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A control system for a vehicle, the vehicle having an engine that transitions between an activated mode and a deactivated mode, comprising: a vehicle bus transmitting a signal, the signal indicating a vehicle selected mode and if the engine is operating in one of the activated mode and the deactivated mode, the activated mode comprising operation of the engine using all cylinders of the engine and the deactivated mode comprising operation of the engine using fewer than all cylinders of the engine; and an engine sound enhancement (“ESE”) module configured to receive the signal, the ESE module configured to select at least one ESE tone and a set of ancillary tones if the engine is operating in the deactivated mode, wherein the ESE module selects a specific type of ancillary tones based on the vehicle selected mode.