Automatic genre-based voice prompts

• US 9,031,677 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2011
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Whikehart, J. William
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): SIEGEL, DAVID F
• Application Number:
  US13/188,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 704/275
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

An adaptive prompt system includes a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files representing a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre, a user preference data representing a preferred genre, a processor for analyzing the user preference data and selecting one of the audio files based upon the user preference data, and a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the one of the audio files selected and transmitting the one of the audio files selected as an audio output.

Claims

1. An adaptive prompt system comprising:

a plurality of audio files comprising audible prompts for an occupant of a vehicle, each of the audio files representing a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre;

a processor for generating a user preference data representing a preferred genre based upon genre data downloaded through a data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet, the processor analyzing the genre data and selecting one of the audio files based upon the generated user preference data; and

a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the one of the audio files selected and transmitting the one of the audio files selected as one of the audible prompts.

2. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 1, wherein the processor compares the preferred genre with the particular genre of at least one of the audio files.

3. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 1, wherein the processor analyzes the user preference data based upon an instruction set including processor executable instructions for parsing the user preference data to extract the preferred genre therefrom.

4. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 1, wherein the particular genre of the select one of the audio files matches the preferred genre.

5. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is disposed in a vehicle and the audio output is an audible voice prompt for conveying information to an occupant of the vehicle.

6. An adaptive prompt system comprising:

a storage device including a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files representing an audible prompt for an occupant of a vehicle representative of a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre;

a data interface;

a processor in signal communication with the storage device and the data interface to generate a user preference data representing a preferred genre based upon genre data downloaded through the data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet, wherein the processor analyzes the genre data, and selects one of the audio files based upon the generated user preference data; and

a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the select one of the audio files and transmitting the select one of the audio files as one of the audible prompts.

7. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the processor analyzes the user preference data including a comparison of the preferred genre with the particular genre of at least one of the audio files.

8. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the processor analyzes the user preference data including parsing the user preference data to extract the preferred genre therefrom.

9. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the particular genre of the select one of the audio files matches the preferred genre.

10. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the communication device is disposed in a vehicle and the audio output is an audible voice prompt for conveying information to an occupant of the vehicle.

11. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the user preference data is compiled from at least a radio genre data.

12. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the user preference data is compiled from at least a Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services genre data.

13. The adaptive prompt system according to claim 6, wherein the user preference data is compiled from at least a streaming genre data.

14. A method of controlling an audible prompt, the method comprising the steps of:

a) comparing a preferred genre extracted from a user preference data based upon genre data downloaded through a data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet to a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files including one or more audible prompts having a particular genre associated therewith;

b) selecting one of the audio files based upon the comparing of step a), wherein the particular genre of the one of the audio files selected matches the preferred genre; and

c) generating the audible prompt from the one of the audio files selected.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the user preference data is compiled based upon a listening history of a user.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein step c) is executed in response to an event trigger.