Method and system for TTY routing assistance

• US 20070061151A1
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Petschke, Julianne, Crocker, Dwayne, Oesterling, Christopher, Krause, Kevin, Groskreutz, Bruce, Kearney, Christopher, Ball, William
• Application Number:
  US11/227,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061151A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/276
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for displaying routing instructions includes receiving routing instructions from a call center at a telematics unit via a wireless network, the received route comprising at least one voice instruction. The method further includes converting the at least one voice instruction to text, and displaying the routing instructions including the text using a display device. Additionally, a method for displaying routing instructions includes receiving a TTY communication at a telematics unit from a call center using a wireless network and determining at least one routing instruction contained within the TTY communication. The method further includes displaying the at least one routing instruction using a display device.

Claims

1. A method for displaying routing instructions, the method comprising:

receiving a routing instructions from a call center at a telematics unit via a wireless network, the received route comprising at least one voice instruction;

converting the at least one voice instruction to text; and

displaying the routing instructions including the text using a display device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the display device is selected from the group consisting of a visual display, a driver information center and a heads-up display.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

scrolling at least one portion of the routing instructions in response to a command received from a device in communication with the telematics unit.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the device comprises at least one of the group consisting of a radio command unit, and a steering wheel command unit.

5. A method for displaying routing instructions, the method comprising:

receiving a TTY communication at a telematics unit from a call center using a wireless network;

determining at least one routing instruction contained within the TTY communication; and

displaying the at least one routing instruction using a display device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the display device is selected from the group consisting of a visual display, a driver information center and a heads-up display.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

scrolling at least one routing instruction in response to a command received from a device in communication with the telematics unit.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the device comprises at least one of the group consisting of a radio command unit, and a steering wheel command unit.

9. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

opening at least one memory slot based on determining at least one routing instruction contained within the TTY communication;

storing the at least one routing instruction in the opened memory slot.

10. The method of claim 5 wherein the telematics unit includes means for storing at least one routing instruction in memory in communication with the telematics unit.

11. A computer usable medium for displaying routing instructions, the computer usable medium comprising:

computer readable code for receiving a TTY communication at a telematics unit from a call center using a wireless network;

computer readable code for determining at least one routing instruction contained within the TTY communication; and

computer readable code for displaying the at least one routing instruction using a display device.

12. The medium of claim 11 wherein the display device is selected from the group consisting of a visual display, a driver information center and a heads-up display.

13. The medium of claim 11 further comprising:

computer readable code for scrolling at least one routing instruction in response to a command received from a device in communication with the telematics unit.

14. The medium of claim 13 wherein the device comprises at least one of the group consisting of a radio command unit, and a steering wheel command unit.

15. The medium of claim 11 further comprising:

computer readable code for opening at least one memory slot based on at least one routing instruction contained within the TTY communication;

computer readable code for storing the at least one routing instruction in the opened memory slot.