Patent ID: 7979147

Claim:
An engine sound replication device, comprising: (a) a file containing a sound from an engine of a predetermined vehicle that is readable by a computer, and wherein said file containing a sound from an engine of a predetermined vehicle is stored in a memory library; (b) means for determining information regarding at least some aspect of a present state of an engine of a personal vehicle wherein said means for determining includes an electrical connection to an OBD II type of connector and the extraction of data regarding said present state of said engine of said personal vehicle from said OBD II type of connector wherein said present state includes data regarding the number of revolutions per minute that said engine of said personal vehicle is operating at or data as to which gear a transmission of said personal vehicle is disposed in, and wherein said extraction of data regarding said present state of said engine of said personal vehicle occurs continuously through said OBD II type of connector whenever said engine sound replication device is operating; (c) modifying said file of an engine sound to correspond in a desired way with said present state of said engine of said personal vehicle to correspond with said data regarding the number of revolutions per minute that said engine of said personal vehicle is operating at or to correspond with said data as to which gear said transmission of said personal vehicle is disposed in; and (d) an output signal, said output signal including a replication of said engine sound of said predetermined vehicle, wherein said output signal includes an amplifier, and wherein said engine sound replication device includes a controller, and wherein said controller includes a microcomputer, and wherein a content of said memory library is accessible to said controller, and wherein said means for determining information regarding at least some aspect of a present state of an engine includes a current load of said engine of said personal vehicle, and wherein said content of said memory is selected depending on said load of said engine of said personal vehicle, and wherein said controller is able to adjust said content of said memory library to provide an adjusted output signal that optimally correlates with said load of said engine of said personal vehicle, and wherein said output signal includes said adjusted output signal.