Voice radio tuning

• US 9,432,611 B1
• Filed: 02/25/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Gribble, David A., Nelson, Brent J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US14/631,646
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 701/3, 701/9, 701/11, 701/36, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275, 455/140, 455/150.1, 455/151.1, 455/154.1, 455/179.1, 455/563
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/597 Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/18 Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 9/00 Remote-control of tuned circuits; Combined remote-control of tuning and other functions, e.g. brightness, amplification mechanical remote-control arrangements H03J1/00 ; using a microprocessor H03J1/0025; constructional details of remote control switching devices H01H9/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/26 Arrangements for switching distribution systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method includes receiving text data corresponding to user speech recognized by a voice recognition system. The method also includes determining a desired radio and a desired radio frequency based at least on the text data. Additionally, the method includes performing one or more radio tuning operations to tune the desired radio to the desired radio frequency.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving text data corresponding to user speech recognized by a voice recognition system;

receiving gaze location data from an eye tracking system;

determining at least one desired radio of a plurality of radios and at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data and the gaze location data; and

performing one or more radio tuning operations to tune each of the at least one desired radio to a particular desired radio frequency of the at least one desired radio frequency.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving data from at least one other system,

wherein determining the at least one desired radio of the plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data further comprises;

determining the at least one desired radio of the plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data and the data received from the at least one other system,

wherein at least one of the voice recognition system, the eye tracking system, and the at least one other system comprises one or more processors.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the text data includes at least one of an eye tracking referenced radio identifier, an eye tracking referenced frequency identifier, or an eye tracking combined referenced radio/frequency identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving location data from a flight management system,

wherein determining the at least one desired radio of the plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data further and the gaze location data comprises;

determining the at least one desired radio of the plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data, the gaze location data, and the location data,

wherein at least one of the voice recognition system, the eye tracking system, and the flight management system comprises one or more processors.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the location data includes data of a waypoint of a flight plan.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving location data from a flight management system,

wherein determining the at least one desired radio of the plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data and the gaze location data further comprises;

determining the at least one desired radio of the plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data, the gaze location data, and the location data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system further comprises:

receiving the text data from a text buffer, the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system, the text buffer configured to present the text data to a user for verification.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the voice recognition system, the eye tracking system, and the flight management system comprises one or more processors, wherein the text buffer comprises at least one of a portion of a display of an aircraft or a display implemented on a keypad of the aircraft.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system further comprises:

receiving the text data directly from the voice recognition system, the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the text data includes at least one of a radio identifier or a frequency identifier.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the text data includes a radio identifier and a frequency identifier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the text data includes at least one of a static radio identifier or a static frequency identifier.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the text data includes at least one of a referenced radio identifier, a referenced radio frequency identifier, or a combined referenced radio/frequency identifier.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system further comprises:

receiving the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system of an aircraft.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein at least one of the voice recognition system and the eye tracking system comprises one or more processors, wherein determining the desired radio of the at least one plurality of radios and the at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data further comprises:

determining at least two desired radios of the plurality of radios of the aircraft and at least two desired radio frequencies based at least on the text data and the gaze location data.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the voice recognition system and the eye tracking system comprises one or more processors.

17. A system, comprising:

a voice recognition system configured to recognize user speech and output text data corresponding to the user speech;

an eye tracking system configured to output gaze location data; and

a radio tuning system configured to;

receive text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system;

receive gaze location data from the eye tracking system;

determine at least one desired radio of a plurality of radios and at least one desired radio frequency based at least on the text data and the gaze location data; and

perform one or more radio tuning operations to tune each of the at least one desired radio to a particular desired radio frequency of the at least one desired radio frequency,

wherein at least one of the voice recognition system, the eye tracking system, and the radio tuning system comprises one or more processors.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving text data corresponding to user speech recognized by a voice recognition system of an aircraft;

receiving gaze location data from an eye tracking system of the aircraft;

determining one or more aircraft function operations to be performed based at least on the text data and the gaze location data; and

performing, by a processor, the one or more aircraft function operations.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of the voice recognition system and the eye tracking system comprises one or more processors, wherein receiving the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system of the aircraft further comprises:

receiving the text data from a text buffer, the text data corresponding to the user speech recognized by the voice recognition system of the aircraft, the text buffer configured to present the text data to a user for verification.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of the voice recognition system and the eye tracking system comprises one or more processors.