Enhanced automotive monitoring system using sound
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring vehicle occupant behavior, comprising:
- at least one microphone attached to said vehicle to receive audio information from the occupants of said vehicle;
a speech processing system coupled to said microphones and operable to analyze the speech of said occupants and thereby ascertain information about said occupants;
a logic processing system having a stored set of behavioral rules and operable to assess compliance with said rules based on said information about said occupants.
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Abstract
The vehicular monitoring system obtains audio information from the speech of occupants within the vehicle and then processes that audio information to extract information about the behavior of the vehicle occupants. Using the behavioral information the system then assesses whether said behavior is in compliance with a predefined set of rules. Severe violations are reported to a third party via cellular telephone or other means. Less severe violations are recorded in a log file that is subsequently uploaded to a networked computer system for review and analysis. The behavioral rules used to assess violations may be modified by the administrative user.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring vehicle occupant behavior, comprising:
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at least one microphone attached to said vehicle to receive audio information from the occupants of said vehicle;
a speech processing system coupled to said microphones and operable to analyze the speech of said occupants and thereby ascertain information about said occupants;
a logic processing system having a stored set of behavioral rules and operable to assess compliance with said rules based on said information about said occupants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of monitoring behavior of vehicle occupants, comprising:
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obtaining audio information from the speech of occupants within the vehicle;
processing said audio information to extract behavioral information about the behavior of the vehicle occupants;
using said behavioral information to assess whether said behavior is in compliance with a predefined set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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