Patent ID: 9187035
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B60L,B60Q,B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle warning sound emitting apparatus comprising: a warning sound emitting component configured to selectively emit a warning sound that is audible outside of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the warning sound emitting component to emit the warning sound when the vehicle begins moving and to continue emitting the warning sound during a prescribed period that begins based on a starting of an engine of the vehicle which causes an engine sound to be emitted from the engine of the vehicle such that the engine sound and the warning sound are audible at a location outside the vehicle during the prescribed period, and the controller being further configured to commence controlling the warning sound emitting component to cease emitting the warning sound when the prescribed period has elapsed while the engine is emitting the engine sound and before the vehicle has reached a prescribed speed, the prescribed period being set to increase in accordance with an increase in a speed of the vehicle with respect to a ground.