Advanced voice recognition phone interface for in-vehicle speech recognition applications

• US 6,845,251 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2000
• Issued: 01/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Joshi, Rajeev M., Everhart, Charles A., Gourd, Diane V., Kefalos, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOBUTKA, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US09/727,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 455/563, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 455/422.1, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 379/388.04, 704/201, 704/270, 704/251, 704/255, 704/257
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A method for controlling a phone system having speech recognition capabilities is disclosed. The method includes entering a phone number into a phone system using a first voice command, dialing the phone number using a second voice command, associating the phone number with a tag using a third voice command, and storing the tag into the phone directory using a fourth voice command. The phone system of the present invention repeats the voice commands after the system receives each of the commands from a user.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a phone system having speech recognition capabilities, the method comprising:

entering a phone number into the phone system using a first voice command;

dialing the phone number using a second voice command;

associating the phone number with a tag using a third voice command; and

storing the tag into a phone directory of the phone system using a fourth voice command if the tag is determined to be less than a predefined threshold length, and wherein the phone system repeats the voice commands after the system receives each of the commands.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein entering the phone number further comprises articulating a memory number associated with the phone number.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein entering the phone number further comprises articulating a tag associated with the phone number.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the tag is too long further comprises rejecting the tag if the tag is too long.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising confirming the articulated voice command.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein confirming the articulated voice command further comprises requesting a system user to acknowledge a system message.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein storing the tag further comprises determining whether the tag is unique as compared to other tags stored in the phone directory.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein determining whether the tag is unique further comprises rejecting the tag if the tag is not unique as compared with other tags stored in the phone directory.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein determining whether the tag is unique further comprises determining whether the tag sounds like other tags stored in the phone directory.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein determining whether the tag is unique further comprises rejecting the tag if the tag sounds like other tags stored in the phone directory.

11. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a controller to perform a method of controlling a phone system having speech recognition capabilities, the controller is in communication with a phone system actuator, a microphone, a speaker and a phone, the medium further comprising:

instructions for entering a phone number into a phone system using a first voice command;

instructions for dialing the phone number using a second voice command;

instructions for associating the phone number with a tag using a third voice command; and

instructions for storing the tag into the phone directory using a fourth voice command if the tag is determined to be less than a predefined threshold length, and wherein the phone system repeats the voice commands after the system receives each of the commands.

12. The medium of claim 11 wherein instructions for entering the phone number further comprises instructions for receiving a memory number associated with the phone number.

13. The medium of claim 11 wherein instructions for entering the phone number further comprises instructions for receiving a tag associated with the phone number.

14. The medium of claim 11 wherein instructions for determining whether the tag is less than a predefined threshold length further comprises instructions for rejecting the tag if the tag is too long.

15. The medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for confirming the articulated voice command.

16. The medium of claim 15 wherein instructions for confirming the articulated voice command further comprises instructions for requesting a system user to acknowledge a system message.

17. The medium of claim 12 wherein instructions for storing the tag further comprises instructions for determining whether the tag is unique as compared to other tags stored in the phone directory.

18. The medium of claim 17 wherein instructions for determining whether the tag is unique further comprises instructions for rejecting the tag if the tag is not unique as compared with other tags stored in the phone directory.

19. The medium of claim 18 wherein instructions for determining whether the tag is unique further comprises instructions for determining whether the tag sounds like other tags stored in the phone directory.

20. The medium of claim 19 wherein instructions for determining whether the tag is unique further comprises instructions for rejecting the tag if the tag sounds like other tags stored in the phone directory.