Method for initiating a wireless communication link using voice recognition

• US 9,412,379 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2014
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Helm, Sean L.
• Primary Examiner(s): BAKER, MATTHEW H
• Application Number:
  US14/488,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use

Abstract

A method for establishing a wireless mobile communication link between a vehicle communication system and a mobile network includes a vehicle communication system receiving a single continuous user verbal command string consisting of a first verbal command and at least a second verbal command. The first verbal command identifies a selected communication device for establishing the wireless mobile communication link. The communication device is selected from a group including at least two communication devices. The vehicle communication system determines if the selected communication device is communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system and proceeds to establish the wireless mobile communication link using the selected communication device.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a wireless mobile communication link between a vehicle communication system and a mobile network, the method comprising:

receiving a single continuous user verbal command string including a first command and at least a second command, wherein the first command includes a selection of a communication device for establishing the wireless mobile communication link;

determining the selected communication device is not communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system;

issuing a notification identifying alternate communication devices; and

receiving a selection of an alternate communication device from the identified alternate communication devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is selected from a group including at least two communication devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device includes one of a mobile phone, a mobile computing device and a mobile communication system integrated with the vehicle communication system.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising communicatively connecting the selected alternate communication device to the vehicle communication system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second command includes a selection of a phone number with which to connect over the wireless mobile communication link.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second command includes a selection of a contact from a user'"'"'s contact list.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

issuing a notification that the first and second commands have been executed.

8. A method for establishing a wireless mobile communication link between a vehicle communication system and a mobile network, the method comprising:

receiving a single continuous user verbal command string detectable by the vehicle communication system, the verbal command string including a first verbal command and a second verbal command, wherein the first command includes a selection of a communication device for establishing the wireless mobile communication link and the second command includes a selection of a phone number;

determining the selected communication device is not communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system;

issuing a notification identifying alternate communication devices that are communicatively connected to the vehicle system;

receiving a verbal command detectable by the vehicle communication system for selecting one of the identified alternate communication devices for establishing the wireless mobile communication link; and

establishing the wireless mobile communication link using the selected communication device and the selected phone number.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification is an audible notification.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification is a visual notification.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the selected communication device includes a mobile communication device communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the selected communication device includes a mobile communication system integrated with the vehicle communication system.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the mobile network includes a cellular network.

14. A system for establishing a wireless mobile communication link, comprising:

a plurality of communication devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of communication devices is communicatively connected to a vehicle communication system; and

a processor including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, perform operations in a vehicle, the operations comprising;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of communication device for establishing the wireless mobile communication link;

determining the selected communication device is not communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system; and

issuing a notification identifying alternate communication devices, the alternate communication devices being communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

establishing the wireless mobile communication link using one of the alternate communication devices.

16. The system of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving a verbal command detectable by the vehicle communication system for selecting one of the identified alternate communication devices for establishing the wireless mobile communication link; and

establishing the wireless mobile communication link using the selected alternate communication device.

17. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

at least one of a speaker or an interactive display, wherein issuing the notification identifying the alternate communication devices comprises;

issuing a notification on the at least one of the speaker or the interactive display, the notification identifying an alternate communication devices, the alternate communication devices being communicatively connected to the vehicle communication system.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

a microphone, wherein receiving the selection of the one of the plurality of communication devices for establishing the wireless mobile communication link comprises receiving, using the microphone, a verbal command including a selection one of the plurality of communication devices for establishing the wireless mobile communication link.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the verbal command comprises a single continuous user verbal command including a first verbal command, and at least a second verbal command, further wherein the first verbal command includes the selection of the one of the plurality of communication devices for establishing the wireless mobile communication link.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of communication devices includes at least one of a mobile communication device or an integrated mobile communication system.