METHOD OF DIALING PHONE NUMBERS USING AN IN-VEHICLE SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM
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1. A method of dialing phone numbers using an in-vehicle speech recognition system, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving speech input at a vehicle;
(b) separating the speech input into a word segment and a digit segment;
(c) identifying the letters in a word segment;
(d) converting the letters in the word segment to digits; and
(e) operating an alphanumeric keypad based on the digit segment and the converted word segment.
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Abstract
A method of dialing phone numbers using an in-vehicle speech recognition system includes receiving speech input at a vehicle, separating the speech input into a word segment and a digit segment, identifying the letters in a word segment, converting the letters in the word segment to digits, and operating an alphanumeric keypad based on the digit speech segment and the converted word segment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of dialing phone numbers using an in-vehicle speech recognition system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving speech input at a vehicle; (b) separating the speech input into a word segment and a digit segment; (c) identifying the letters in a word segment; (d) converting the letters in the word segment to digits; and (e) operating an alphanumeric keypad based on the digit segment and the converted word segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of dialing phone numbers using an in-vehicle speech recognition system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving speech input at a vehicle; (b) separating the speech input into a plurality of word segments and digit segments; (c) recording the order of the word segments and digit segments; (d) identifying the letters in a word segment; (e) converting the letters in the word segment to a digit segment; (f) organizing the digit segments and converted word segments into a single string of digits, wherein the sequence of the single string of digits is based on the recorded order of the word segments and digit segments; and (g) dialing a telephone number using the single string of digits. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of dialing phone numbers using an in-vehicle speech recognition system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving speech input at a vehicle; (b) separating the speech input into a plurality of word segments and digit segments; (c) recording the order of the word segments and digit segments; (d) comparing the plurality of word segments with the content of a vocabulary database, wherein the database contains nametags stored with a string of digits and stored word segments; (e) if the word segment matches a nametag stored in the vocabulary database, translating the word segment into the string of digits; (f) if a separated word segment matches a stored word segment, translating the letters of the separated word segment into digits corresponding to the letters of an alphanumeric keypad; (g) requesting user input if the vocabulary database fails to recognize a word segment; (h) organizing the translated digit segments and converted word segments into a single string of digits, wherein the sequence of the single string of digits is based on the recorded order of the word segments and digit segments; and (i) dialing a telephone number using the single string of digits. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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