Managing in vehicle speech interfaces to computer-based cloud services due recognized speech, based on context

• US 9,679,562 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Fry, Keith A., McCutchen, Shane M., Carnevale, Marco T., Gupta, Mukesh, Burke, Denis R., Gurovich, Danilo, Rudman, Daniel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kazeminezhad, Farzad
• Application Number:
  US13/604,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,741 Days
• Field of Search: 455420
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• 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: G10L 15/34 Adaptation of a single recogniser for parallel processing, e.g. by use of multiple processors or cloud computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services includes beginning a first speech session that is carried out in a vehicle over a short-range wireless connection between a vehicle occupant and a mobile device; detecting an initiation of a second speech session while the first speech session is being carried out; determining an assigned priority level of the first speech session relative to an assigned priority level of the second speech session based on a first speech context identified in the first speech session and a second speech context identified in the second speech session; and when the assigned priority level of the second speech session has a higher priority than the assigned priority level of the first speech session, carrying out a session-appropriate action on the first speech session.

Claims

1. A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services, the method comprising:

(a) beginning a first speech session that is carried out in a vehicle between a vehicle occupant and a mobile device;

(b) detecting an initiation of a second speech session between the vehicle occupant and the mobile device while the first speech session is being carried out, wherein each of the first and second speech sessions comprise;

receiving and recognizing a speech input from the vehicle occupant;

obtaining a service result from a cloud service that is responsive to the content of the speech input; and

providing the service result to the vehicle occupant;

(c) determining an assigned priority level of the first speech session relative to an assigned priority level of the second speech session based on a first speech context identified in the first speech session and a second speech context identified in the second speech session from speech recognition results; and

(d) when the assigned priority level of the second speech session has a higher priority than the assigned priority level of the first speech session, carrying out a session-appropriate action on the first speech session.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of receiving a priority level ranking for the first speech session and the second speech session from the vehicle occupant.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising a step of storing the received priority level ranking at the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of pausing the first speech session until the second speech session is complete.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising a step of returning to the first speech session after the second speech session is complete.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of sending at least a portion of the first speech session to a cloud speech service.

7. A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services, the method comprising:

(a) receiving one or more priority level rankings at a mobile device from a user;

(b) associating each of the priority level rankings with a speech context or a desired service accessible by the mobile device;

(c) beginning a first speech session at a vehicle using an audio user interface installed on the vehicle and wirelessly linked to the mobile device;

(d) detecting an initiation of a second speech session at the mobile device, wherein each of the first and second speech sessions comprise;

receiving and recognizing a speech input from the user;

obtaining a service result from a cloud service that is responsive to the content of the speech input; and

providing the service result to the user;

(e) identifying the priority level ranking of the first speech session and the priority level ranking of the second speech session based on the associated priority level rankings and on a first speech context identified in the first speech session and a second speech context identified in the second speech session from speech recognition results; and

(f) carrying out a session-appropriate action for the first speech session or the second speech session based on a comparison of the identified priority level rankings of the first speech session and the second speech session.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the session-appropriate action further comprises placing the first speech session or the second speech session in a paused state based on which of the first speech session and the second speech session has a lower identified priority level ranking.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising a step of ending the paused state.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising a step of sending at least a portion of the first speech session to a cloud speech service.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising a step of storing the received priority level rankings at the mobile device.