Navigation system with audio monitoring mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 9,146,122 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Inventors: Ellanti, Manohar, Dhanani, Salman
• Primary Examiner(s): Sample, Jonathan L
• Application Number:
  US12/890,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20120078508A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

A method of operation of a navigation system includes: monitoring an audio source; capturing an audio segment from the audio source; converting the audio segment into a text segment; parsing the text segment for an information segment; and performing a guidance function based on the information segment for displaying on a device.

Claims

1. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising:

monitoring an audio source for communicating a broadcast transmission from radio, television, or the internet;

capturing an audio segment from the audio source for capturing a portion of the broadcast transmission based on a command from a user;

converting the audio segment into a text segment with a control unit implemented as hardware;

parsing the text segment for an information segment for estimating an act of the user in response to the broadcast transmission; and

performing a guidance function based on the information segment for displaying on a device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein monitoring the audio source includes selecting a predetermined locality of the audio source.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein performing the guidance function includes determining a destination based on the information segment closest to a user location.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein capturing the audio segment includes capturing the audio segment based on the time at which the audio segment was broadcast and a frequency on which the audio segment was broadcast.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising determining a user action as a response caused by the information segment when the user action is below a predetermined time from the transmission of the audio source.

6. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising:

monitoring an audio source for communicating a broadcast transmission from radio, television, or the internet;

capturing an audio segment from the audio source for capturing a portion of the broadcast transmission based on a command from a user;

converting the audio segment into a text segment with a control unit implemented as hardware;

parsing the text segment for an information segment for estimating an act of the user in response to the broadcast transmission;

performing a guidance function based on the information segment for displaying on a device; and

tracking the guidance function,

determining the number of times the guidance function is performed as a response to the information segment.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein monitoring the audio source includes receiving the command to begin monitoring the audio source.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein monitoring the audio source includes monitoring the audio source in background mode.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising determining a user action as a response caused by the information segment when the user action is beyond a predetermined time from the transmission of the audio source.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein tracking the guidance function includes calculating an activity impression for the guidance function.

11. A navigation system comprising:

a communications unit for monitoring an audio source for communicating a broadcast transmission from radio, television, or the internet;

a storage unit, coupled to the communications unit, for capturing an audio segment from the audio source for capturing a portion of the broadcast transmission based on a command from a user; and

a control unit implemented as hardware, coupled to the communications unit, for;

converting the audio segment into a text segment,

parsing the text segment for an information segment for estimating an act of the user in response to the broadcast transmission, and

performing a guidance function based on the information segment.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for selecting a predetermined locality of the audio source.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for determining the destination based on the information segment closest to a user location.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the storage unit is for capturing the audio segment based on the time at which the audio segment was broadcast and frequency on which the audio segment was broadcast.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for determining a user action as a response caused by the information segment when the user action is below a predetermined time from the transmission of the audio source.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for tracking the guidance function.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the communications unit is for receiving the command to begin monitoring the audio source.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the communications unit is for monitoring the audio source in background mode.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 the control unit is for determining a user action as a response caused by the information segment when the user action is beyond a predetermined time from the transmission of the audio source.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the control unit is for calculating an activity impression for the guidance function.