Hands-free communication system for use in automotive vehicle
First Claim
1. A hands-free communication system for use in an automotive vehicle for communicating with an on-board mobile phone, the hands-free system comprising:
- means for obtaining information of speakers mounted on the automotive vehicle;
means for checking whether a center speaker mounted on an instrument panel of the automobile is included in the speakers mounted on the automotive vehicle; and
means for selecting at least one speaker, from which sounds transmitted from the on-board mobile phone are outputted, from among the speakers mounted on the automotive vehicle.
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Abstract
A hands-free system, through which a driver communicates without using hands with an on-board mobile phone such as a cell phone, is mounted on an automotive vehicle. Plural speakers including a center speaker installed in an instrument panel and door speakers each installed in each door are mounted on the vehicle. Whenever the center speaker is mounted on the vehicle, the center speaker is selected as a speaker from which voices transmitted from the mobile phone are outputted. Only when the center speaker is not mounted, the door speakers are selected. When the center speaker is selected, the voices transmitted from the mobile phone can be heard from a direction to which a driver'"'"'s eye line is directed. Accordingly, the driver is able to hear the speaker sounds from the natural direction for him/her.
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6 Claims
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1. A hands-free communication system for use in an automotive vehicle for communicating with an on-board mobile phone, the hands-free system comprising:
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means for obtaining information of speakers mounted on the automotive vehicle;
means for checking whether a center speaker mounted on an instrument panel of the automobile is included in the speakers mounted on the automotive vehicle; and
means for selecting at least one speaker, from which sounds transmitted from the on-board mobile phone are outputted, from among the speakers mounted on the automotive vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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