Technique for active voice recognition grammar adaptation for dynamic multimedia application

• US 20030069734A1
• Filed: 10/05/2001
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Everhart, Charles Allen
• Application Number:
  US09/971,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20030069734A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/183 using context dependencies, e.g. language models
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

A method and system for dynamically augmenting available voice commands in an automobile voice recognition system to actuate a vehicle subsystem is disclosed. The method includes scanning the voice recognition system for grammar data indicative of a system function, converting the grammar data to a usable command for access by a system user, and then storing the usable command in a system memory for use by the system user to carry out the system function.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically augmenting available voice commands in an automobile voice recognition system to actuate a vehicle subsystem, the method comprising:

scanning the voice recognition system for a grammar data indicative of a system function;

converting the grammar data to a usable command for access by a system user; and

storing the usable command in a system memory for use by the system user to carry out the system function.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether the usable command is present in the system memory.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising listening for commands spoken by the system user.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether a user'"'"'s spoken command is a valid command.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein determining whether a user'"'"'s spoken command is a valid command includes comparing the user'"'"'s spoken command with a plurality of stored commands.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the grammar data is related to information stored on a removable storage media.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the removable storage media is a compact disk and the grammar data is at least one of a name of a song, a title of the compact disk, and a track number associated with a song on the compact disk.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the grammar data is related to information received by an in-vehicle stereo.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the grammar data is a radio station'"'"'s call letters.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the grammar data is related to information contained within an electronic address book of in-vehicle phone system.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the grammar data is at least one of a contact name, contact address, contact phone number, and contact location in the address book.

12. A system for dynamically augmenting available voice commands in an automobile voice recognition system to actuate a vehicle subsystem, the system comprising:

a controller for scanning the voice recognition system for a grammar data indicative of a system function, and wherein the controller converts the grammar data to a usable command for access by a system user; and

a storage media for storing the usable command for use by the system user to carry out the system function.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the controller determines whether the usable command is present in the storage media.

14. The system of claim 12 further comprising a microphone for listening for commands spoken by the system user.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the controller determines whether a user'"'"'s spoken command is a valid command.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the controller compares the user'"'"'s spoken command with a plurality of stored commands.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the grammar data is related to information stored on a removable storage media.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the removable storage media is a compact disk and the grammar data is at least one of a name of a song, a title of the compact disk, and a track number associated with a song on the compact disk.

19. The system of claim 12 wherein the grammar data is related to information received by an in-vehicle stereo.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the grammar data is a radio station'"'"'s call letters.

21. The system of claim 12 wherein the grammar data is related to information contained within an electronic address book of in-vehicle phone system.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the grammar data is at least one of a contact name, contact address, contact phone number, and contact location in the address book.

23. The system of claim 12 wherein the storage media is in communication with an MP3 player for receiving grammar data therefrom.