Vehicle language setting system
First Claim
1. A vehicle automatic language setting method, for use by a vehicle having an active language setting, to facilitate communication between a vehicle and a driver automatically, said driver having a preferred language and having a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- connecting the vehicle to the portable electronic device for the purpose of at least language determination;
determining the preferred language of the driver by scanning the portable electronic device for the purpose of at least one in-vehicle component language determination;
associating in-vehicle components comprising of at least one climate control, at least one infotainment system, and at least the one vehicle safety sensors to said vehicle;
setting the active language of the vehicle and/or at least one in-vehicle component to the preferred language automatically; and
communicating data by the vehicle and/or at least one-in-vehicle component to the driver automatically in the preferred language, absent said data being communicated between the portable electronic device and the vehicle; and
/orabsent of the dependency of a navigation system, GPS or geographic location.
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Abstract
A language setting system, for use by a driver having a preferred language and a smartphone, when entering a vehicle to set an active language of the vehicle for vehicle communications with the driver. The vehicle connects with and scans the smartphone. When the smartphone has a user selected language setting, the user selected language setting is used to set the active language of the vehicle. When scan of the smartphone detects examples of language usage in text and email communications, and such examples meet a threshold usage, the active language may be set to the language of the usage examples. When examples of multiple languages are detected on the smartphone, the driver may be prompted to select the preferred language from a list of the detected examples.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle automatic language setting method, for use by a vehicle having an active language setting, to facilitate communication between a vehicle and a driver automatically, said driver having a preferred language and having a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:
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connecting the vehicle to the portable electronic device for the purpose of at least language determination; determining the preferred language of the driver by scanning the portable electronic device for the purpose of at least one in-vehicle component language determination; associating in-vehicle components comprising of at least one climate control, at least one infotainment system, and at least the one vehicle safety sensors to said vehicle; setting the active language of the vehicle and/or at least one in-vehicle component to the preferred language automatically; and communicating data by the vehicle and/or at least one-in-vehicle component to the driver automatically in the preferred language, absent said data being communicated between the portable electronic device and the vehicle; and
/orabsent of the dependency of a navigation system, GPS or geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vehicle automatic language setting method, for use by a vehicle having an active language setting, to facilitate communication between a vehicle and a driver automatically, said driver having a preferred language and having a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:
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connecting the vehicle to the portable electronic device for the purpose of at least language determination; determining the preferred language of the driver by scanning the portable electronic device for the purpose of at least one in-vehicle component language determination; associating in-vehicle components comprising of at least one climate control, at least one infotainment system, and at least one vehicle safety sensors to said vehicle; setting the active language of the vehicle and/or at least one in-vehicle component to the preferred language automatically; and communicating data by the vehicle and/or at least one-in-vehicle component to the driver automatically in the preferred language, absent said data being communicated between the portable electronic device and the vehicle; and
/orabsent of the dependency of a navigation system, GPS or geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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