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Sony patents system to make car bodies vibrate exactly as intended

Sony has filed a patent for a vibration control system that attaches to a vehicle to create specific physical sensations. The device uses sensors to measure how the car body actually vibrates and adjusts its output in real-time to match the desired pattern.

Why it mattersThis technology could allow cars to provide more precise and consistent haptic feedback, such as simulating engine rumble or road texture, by correcting for how the car's structure naturally absorbs or changes vibrations.

In the filing’s own words

A vibration control apparatus includes: a vibration signal selection unit that selects a target vibration signal that is a target vibration waveform; and a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal to be output to a vibration apparatus in order for the vibration apparatus that comes into contact with a vehicle and vibrates the vehicle from outside to vibrate the vehicle with the target vibration signal, obtains a vehicle body vibration signal that is a vibration signal of the vehicle vibrated by the vibration apparatus, generates an adjustment vibration signal for making the vehicle body vibration signal coincide with the target vibration signal, and updates the drive signal on the basis of the adjustment vibration signal so that the vibration apparatus vibrates the vehicle with the target vibration signal.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A vibration control apparatus, comprising: a vibration signal selection unit that selects a target vibration signal that is a target vibration waveform; and a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal to be output to a vibration apparatus in order for the vibration apparatus that comes into contact with a vehicle and vibrates the vehicle from outside to vibrate the vehicle with the target vibration signal, obtains a vehicle body vibration signal that is a vibration signal of the vehicle vibrated by the vibration apparatus, generates an adjustment vibration signal for making the vehicle body vibration signal coincide with the target vibration signal, and updates the drive signal on a basis of the adjustment vibration signal so that the vibration apparatus vibrates the vehicle with the target vibration signal.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
VIBRATION CONTROL APPARATUS, VIBRATION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VIBRATION APPARATUS
Publication number
US20260264108A1
Application number
19164289
Filed
Feb 7, 2024
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
16

Classified under

B06B 1/0246 Operations & transportA63J 5/00 Human necessitiesA63J 25/00 Human necessitiesA63J 2005/002 Human necessities
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