Patent ID: 9452711
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B60Q,H03G,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A horn sound output control apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle speed comparing unit which determines whether a current speed of a driver's vehicle (hereinafter, referred to as a principle vehicle) is equal to or lower than a reference speed; an object determining unit which, when it is determined that the current speed of the principle vehicle is equal to or lower than the reference speed, determines that an object located within a predetermined distance from the principle vehicle is the other vehicle; a horn volume adjusting unit which, when it is determined that the object is the other vehicle, adjusts a horn volume of the principle vehicle to maintain a reference volume and when it is determined that the object is not the other vehicle, adjusts the horn volume of the principle vehicle to be equal to or lower than the reference volume; and a horn sound output unit which outputs a horn sound of the principle vehicle to the outside based on the adjusted horn volume.