Patent ID: 8041053
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G10H,G10K

Abstract:
1. A vehicular sound effect generating apparatus comprising: a waveform data table for storing waveform data in one cyclic period; reference signal generating means for generating a reference signal by successively reading the waveform data from said waveform data table; running state detecting means for detecting a running state of a vehicle; control means having acoustic correcting means having acoustic correcting characteristics depending on the running state of the vehicle, for generating a control signal by using said acoustic correcting means by acoustically changing said reference signal depending on the running state of the vehicle detected by said running state detecting means; output means for outputting said control signal as a sound effect; and transmission determining means for determining whether a transmission on the vehicle is a manual transmission or an automatic transmission; wherein said control means changes said acoustic correcting characteristics of said acoustic correcting means depending on the transmission determined by said transmission determining means.