SPEECH RECOGNITION FUNCTIONALITY IN A VEHICLE THROUGH AN EXTRINSIC DEVICE

• US 20140120892A1
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Martin, Douglas C., Ampunan, Nathan D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,947,220 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

Speech recognition in a vehicle through an extrinsic device includes detecting, via the vehicle, a presence of a mobile communications device that is configured with a speech recognition component. A vehicle processor encodes data lists stored in the vehicle and transmits the data lists and a vehicle identifier to the mobile communications device. In response to receiving a request to initiate a voice recognition session, the vehicle transmits the request and the vehicle identifier to the mobile communications device that causes activation of the speech recognition component. The mobile communications device retrieves the data lists via the identifier. In response to a voice command received by the speech recognition component, the speech recognition component interprets the voice command, determines an action by evaluating the voice command in view of the data lists, and transmits an instruction to the vehicle processor directing the vehicle to implement the action.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a computer processor embedded in a vehicle; and

logic executable by the computer processor, the logic configured to implement a method, the method comprising;

detecting a presence of a mobile communications device in the vehicle via a communication component of the vehicle, the mobile communications device configured with a speech recognition component;

encoding data lists of content stored in a memory device of the vehicle;

transmitting the data lists of content and a unique identifier of the vehicle over a data connection to the mobile communications device, the data lists of content linked to the unique identifier;

in response to receiving a request to initiate a voice recognition session via an input component of the vehicle, transmitting the request and the unique identifier over the data connection to the speech recognition component of the mobile communications device;

activating the speech recognition component responsive to the request;

retrieving the data lists of content from the mobile communications device via the unique identifier; and

in response to a user voice command received by the speech recognition component, the speech recognition component interprets the user voice command, determines an action by evaluating the user voice command in view of the data lists of content, and transmits an instruction to the computer processor, the instruction directing the vehicle to implement the action.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data connection comprises at least one of:

a low-energy wireless communication channel; and

a universal serial bus cable.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with an infotainment system in the vehicle, the metadata including radio station data.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the action includes tuning a radio of the vehicle to a station indicated in the user voice command.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with an infotainment system in the vehicle, the metadata including music player tags.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the action includes playing a song through the infotainment system of the vehicle, the song indicated in the user voice command.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with a vehicle phone, the metadata including contact lists of phone numbers.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the action includes initiating a telephone call through the vehicle phone and a telephone number subject to the telephone call is indicated in the user voice command.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle, the metadata including an HVAC setting associated with an HVAC-controlled zone in the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the action includes activating the HVAC setting indicated in the user voice command.

11. A method, comprising:

detecting, via a communication component of a vehicle, a presence of a mobile communications device in the vehicle, the mobile communications device configured with a speech recognition component;

encoding, via a computer processor embedded in the vehicle, data lists of content stored in a memory device of the vehicle;

transmitting, via the computer processor, the data lists of content and a unique identifier of the vehicle over a data connection to the mobile communications device, the data lists of content linked to the unique identifier;

in response to receiving a request to initiate a voice recognition session via an input component of the vehicle, transmitting the request and the unique identifier over the data connection to the speech recognition component of the mobile communications device;

activating the speech recognition component responsive to the request;

retrieving, via a computer processor of the mobile communications device, the data lists of content via the unique identifier; and

in response to a user voice command received by the speech recognition component, the speech recognition component interprets the user voice command, determines an action by evaluating the user voice command in view of the data lists of content, and transmits an instruction to the computer processor of the vehicle, the instruction directing the vehicle to implement the action.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with an infotainment system in the vehicle, the metadata including radio station data, and the action includes tuning a radio of the vehicle to a station indicated in the user voice command.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with an infotainment system in the vehicle, the metadata including music player tags.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the action includes playing a song through the infotainment system of the vehicle, the song indicated in the user voice command.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with a vehicle phone, the metadata including contact lists of phone numbers, and the action includes initiating a telephone call through the vehicle phone, and a telephone number subject to the telephone call is indicated in the user voice command.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle, the metadata including HVAC settings associated with each HVAC-controlled zone in the vehicle, and the action includes activating one of the HVAC settings indicated in the user voice command.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

detecting, via a communication component of a vehicle, a presence of a mobile communications device in the vehicle, the mobile communications device configured with a speech recognition component;

encoding, via a computer processor embedded in the vehicle, data lists of content stored in a memory device of the vehicle;

transmitting, via the computer processor, the data lists of content and a unique identifier of the vehicle over a data connection to the mobile communications device, the data lists of content linked to the unique identifier;

in response to receiving a request to initiate a voice recognition session via an input component of the vehicle, transmitting the request and the unique identifier over the data connection to the speech recognition component of the mobile communications device;

activating the speech recognition component responsive to the request, the activating causing a computer processor of the mobile communications device to retrieve the data lists of content via the unique identifier; and

in response to a user voice command received by the speech recognition component, the speech recognition component interprets the user voice command, determines an action by evaluating the user voice command in view of the data lists of content, and transmits an instruction to the computer processor of the vehicle, the instruction directing the vehicle to implement the action.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with an infotainment system in the vehicle, the metadata including radio station data, and the action includes tuning a radio of the vehicle to a station indicated in the user voice command.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with a vehicle phone, the metadata including contact lists of phone numbers, and the action includes initiating a telephone call through the vehicle phone, and a telephone number subject to the telephone call is indicated in the user voice command.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the data lists of content include metadata associated with a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle, the metadata including an HVAC setting associated with an HVAC-controlled zone in the vehicle, and the action includes activating the HVAC setting indicated in the user voice command.