ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,985, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Engine sound generating system based on string sound source, and engine sound generating method" was invented by Jae Young Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine sound generating system, positioned in a moving object, includes a repeating section selection unit for recognizing at least one vowel section from an input sound source, and selecting a repeating section to be repeated based on the vowel section; a repetitive waveform generating unit for generating a repetitive waveform based on the selected repeating section;...