EMOTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM INCLUDING TIME AGENT
First Claim
1. An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
- a computer configured to;
receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle,determine at least one of a need to provide time information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and an occupant request to provide time information to the occupant,generate (i) data representing an avatar having an appearance and (ii) data representing a spoken statement for the avatar, the spoken statement providing time information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request,output the data representing the avatar for visual display, andoutput the data representing the statement for the avatar for audio play.
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Abstract
An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle includes a computer. The computer is configured to receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle. The computer determines at least one of a need to provide time information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and an occupant request to provide time information to the occupant. The computer generates data representing an avatar having an appearance, and data representing a spoken statement for the avatar. The spoken statement provides time information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request. The computer outputs data representing the avatar for visual display, and data representing the statement for the avatar for audio play.
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1. An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
a computer configured to; receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle, determine at least one of a need to provide time information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and an occupant request to provide time information to the occupant, generate (i) data representing an avatar having an appearance and (ii) data representing a spoken statement for the avatar, the spoken statement providing time information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request, output the data representing the avatar for visual display, and output the data representing the statement for the avatar for audio play. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
a computer configured to; determine a need to provide time information to an occupant based on an operating state of the vehicle, generate data representing a spoken statement providing time information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on the need, and output the data representing the statement for audio play. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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