US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 15 for "Control device and method for automatically adapting an artificial engine sound" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,920, issued on July 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device and method for automatically adapting an artificial engine sound" was invented by Christopher Raymaekers (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a sound-system of a vehicle with an engine is configured to control the sound-system to generate an artificial engine sound, to monitor longitudinal and/or lateral vehicle acceleration, and to adapt the generated artificial engine sound as a function of the longitudinal and/or lateral vehicle acceleration. A corresponding method adapts an artificial engine sound for a vehicle."...