Abstract: An apparatus and method of realizing a virtual after-burn effect of a vehicle are provided. The method includes receiving vehicle driving information at a controller while the electric vehicle travels, determining, by the controller, characteristics of the virtual after-burn effect based on the input vehicle driving information, outputting, by the controller, a control signal for realizing the virtual after-burn effect based on the determined characteristics of the virtual after-burn effect, and controlling, by the controller, an operation of a realization device for realizing the virtual after-burn effect according to the control signal.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle control apparatus includes a first detection device that detects biometric information of a passenger in a vehicle using a sensor and a processor electrically connected with the first detection device. The processor: determines whether to approve a predetermined autonomous driving level based on the biometric information; determines whether the passenger has dementia based on voice interaction in response to determining that the predetermined autonomous driving level is not approved; and determines whether to perform autonomous driving based on the result of determining whether the passenger has dementia.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing content includes a communication device that communicates with user equipment (UE) and a processor connected with the communication device. The processor analyzes a music database (DB) by interworking with the UE, extracts a driver emotion model based on the result of analyzing the music DB, determines an emotion determination model based on the result of analyzing the music DB, derives an emotional care correlation equation by means of a multi-regression analysis based on the result of analyzing the music DB, selects an emotional care solution depending on a contribution rate of the emotion determination model based on the driver emotion model using the emotional care correlation equation, and automatically play music content based on the emotional care solution.

Abstract: A platform providing system and a platform providing method are disclosed for a vehicle content service to provide a virtual sound design platform using a non-fungible token (NFT)-based blockchain technology. The platform providing system includes a service platform server that constructs a service platform in a metaverse-based virtual environment and includes a blockchain platform server that supports the service platform. The service platform server generates a marketplace by means of a smart contract-based commerce platform in conjunction with the blockchain platform server, generates a smart healing function based on a user experience analysis of a virtual vehicle in the service platform, and generates a sound design platform supporting to design a virtual sound in the service platform and transact the virtual sound in the marketplace.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a sound of an electrification vehicle are provided. The apparatus comprises a detection device configured to detect state information of a vehicle, a sound output device configured to play and output a virtual sound, and a processing device connected with the detection device and the sound output device. The processing device configured to detect a cornering state of the vehicle based on state information of the vehicle, analyze a longitudinal force, a lateral force, a tire slip ratio, and a tire slip angle according to the cornering state, calculate a cornering force based on the analyzed results, calculate a contact force based on a tire ground surface and road surface profile based on big data, generate a tire slip sound based on the cornering force and the contact force, and control the sound output device to play the tire slip sound.

Abstract: An emotion adjustment system for determining a user's emotions based on a user's voice includes: a microphone configured to receive the user's voice; a controller configured to extract a plurality of sound quality factors in response to processing the user's voice, calculate a depression index of the user based on at least one sound quality factor among the plurality of sound quality factors, identify an emotional state of the user as a depressive state when the depression index is a preset value or more, determine the depressive state as a first state or a second state based on a correlation between at least two sound quality factors among the plurality of sound quality factors, and transmit a control command corresponding to the emotional state of the user identified as the first state or the second state; and a feedback device configured to perform an operation corresponding to the control command.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a vehicle sound includes a communicator configured to communicates with an electronic device, a detector configured to detect driver's driving pattern information and road driving condition information of a vehicle, and a controller coupled to the communicator and the detector. The controller is configured to obtain music information from the electronic device and calculate a music emotional quotient (EQ) index based on the music information, the driver's driving pattern information, and the road driving condition information. The controller is also configured to select a game sound type based on the music EQ index, and provide an emotional sound matched with the game sound type.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for caring emotion of a driver based on a vehicle sound, may include a detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle and body information of a user, a non-transitory storage to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor determines an emotional status of the driver by use of at least one of the driving information or the body information, to generate a healing sound by designing a virtual sound based on the driving information and the emotional status of the driver, and to generate and output the healing sound.

Abstract: In a sound system that uses over-the-air (OTA), a blockchain platform server is configured to support performance of a virtual sound transaction in a virtual environment. An OTA server is configured to manage a virtual sound transmitted from the blockchain platform server. A vehicle communication control device is configured to perform wireless communication with the OTA server. The vehicle communication control device is configured to download the virtual sound from the OTA server, determine whether the virtual sound is similar to a predetermined specific sound, perform an OTA state test of the virtual sound when the virtual sound is not similar to the predetermined specific sound, and control a sound processing device to play the virtual sound when the virtual sound passes the OTA state test.

Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).

Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of sensors mounted on a seat, an output device, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain an acceleration in each of a first seat in contact with a driver's back and a second seat in contact with a driver's thigh through the plurality of sensors, to determine a specific frequency in each of the first seat and the second seat, to determine contact pressure information and load information of each of the first seat and the second seat through the plurality of sensors, to determine a human vibration sensitivity using at least one of the specific frequency, the contact pressure information, and the load information, to determine driver's emotional information including positive emotional information and arousal emotional information based on the human vibration sensitivity, and to control the output device according to the driver's emotional information.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a sound of an electric vehicle are provided. The apparatus determines whether a current condition may be a regenerative braking condition, generates a regenerative braking sound based on an amount of change in motor torque in the regenerative braking condition, and outputs the generated regenerative braking sound.

Abstract: A system for generating a virtual engine sound may include a server having information on at least one review of the virtual engine sound, and a virtual engine sound generator to generate “my sound” by tuning the virtual engine sound based on information on customized design settings, to update a preset driver emotion model for each emotion evaluation area of the virtual engine sound, based on the information on the at least one review of the virtual engine sound, which is received from the server, and to update the virtual engine sound based on the “my sound” and the driver emotion model updated for each emotion evaluation area.

Abstract: Apparatus and method of producing a virtual after-burn effect using a controller in an electric vehicle, may include receiving, by the controller, vehicle driving information during vehicle driving, determining, by the controller, virtual variable information in an internal combustion engine on the basis of the input vehicle driving information, determining, by the controller, a virtual after-burn effect characteristic on the basis of the virtual variable information in an internal combustion engine, outputting, by the controller, a control signal for producing the virtual after-burn effect on the basis of the virtual after-born effect characteristic information, and controlling, by the controller, an operation of an effect-production apparatus configured for producing the virtual after-burn effect on the basis of the control signal.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a speed detecting device provided to detect a driving speed, a pressure detecting device provided to detect a pressure applied to a brake pedal, a power information obtaining device provided to obtain power information of a power device, and a sound reproducing apparatus provided to determine whether the vehicle is in a start state or a driving state according to driving speed information detected by the speed detecting device, pressure information detected by the pressure detecting device, and the power information, control reproduction of post-combustion noise when the processor concludes that the vehicle is in the start state, control reproduction of a slip sound in response to an acceleration command or a deceleration command when the vehicle is in the driving state, and control reproduction of an acceleration sound corresponding to an acceleration force when the vehicle is accelerating in the driving state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.

Abstract: A multisensory index system and an operation method thereof are provided. The multisensory index system is configured to derive quantitative parameters and qualitative parameters associated with an auditory sense and a tactile sense, and generate a multisensory index by analyzing a correlation between the quantitative parameters and the qualitative parameters associated with the auditory sense and the tactile sense.

Abstract: An emotional care apparatus based on a sound and a method thereof are provided. The emotional care apparatus includes a sound output device that outputs a sound to speakers and a processor electrically connected with the sound output device. The processor selects an emotional care mode, separates a sound source for each instrument from music content based on the emotional care mode, distributes the sound source for each instrument to the speakers, and controls the sound output device to play and output the sound source for each instrument to the distributed speakers.

Abstract: A vibration reducing device is attached to a structure and blocks sound transmitted through the structure. The vibration reducing device includes a unit structure having a target frequency band, the unit structure including a plurality of unit cells, each formed of an acoustic meta-material and having a different target frequency, the unit cells being connected through first bridges; and a predetermined number of unit structures being connected through second bridges and attached to the structure, where each of the unit cells comprises: a mass portion of which a size is set according to the target frequency; a base frame formed as a quadrangular frame, the mass portion being eccentrically disposed in the base frame; and a support portion that connects the mass portion and the base frame, the support portion having a size that is set according to the target frequency.

Abstract: A method of virtualizing the characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle in an electric vehicle includes: receiving vehicle driving information of the electric vehicle at a controller, determining a current vehicle driving mode based on the input vehicle driving information by the controller, determining a virtual engine speed in the determined vehicle driving mode using the vehicle driving information by the controller, outputting a control signal for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine (ICE) driving system corresponding to a current vehicle driving mode based on the determined virtual engine speed by the controller, and virtualizing the characteristics of the ICE driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode by controlling an operation of a virtualization device according to the output control signal by the controller.