Method of changing audio output mode of vehicle considering sound output of smart device and apparatus therefor

• US 10,542,401 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2016
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Yae, Seong Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hanidu, Ganiyu A
• Application Number:
  US15/335,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,182 Days
• Field of Search: 455415, 455403
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Disclosed are a vehicle capable of changing an audio output mode according to audio streamed from a smart device connected thereto and a control method therefor. A method of changing an audio output mode in a vehicle Audio Video Navigation (AVN) system include setting a steaming channel through wireless connection to a smart device and the AVN system, determining whether navigation announcement voice is detected from streaming data received through the streaming channel, and if the navigation announcement voice is detected, changing the audio output mode from a mode in which the navigation announcement voice is not output through a vehicle speaker to a streaming mode in which the navigation announcement voice is output through the vehicle speaker.

Claims

1. A vehicle Audio Video Navigation (AVN) system for changing an audio output mode, the AVN system comprising:

a wireless communication module configured to set a streaming channel through a wireless connection to a smart device;

a voice data analyzer configured to detect whether a navigation announcement voice and music are included in streaming data received through the streaming channel without prioritizing between the navigation announcement voice and the music; and

a processor configured to change the audio output mode to a first mode for outputting streaming audio, upon determination that both the navigation announcement voice and the music are present in the streaming data received from the smart device,

wherein the first mode is a mode in which only the streaming audio is output through a vehicle speaker.

2. The vehicle AVN system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a head unit audio; and

a sound mixer configured to mix sound of the head unit audio and sound included in the streaming data,

wherein the processor changes the audio output mode to a second mode for outputting the mixed sound, only upon determination that the navigation announcement voice is present as a detection result, and

wherein the second mode is a mode in which at least the navigation announcement voice is output through the vehicle speaker.

3. The vehicle AVN system according to claim 2, wherein the first mode includes a Bluetooth streaming mode and the second mode includes an audio mode.

4. The vehicle AVN system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module includes a Bluetooth module.

5. The vehicle AVN system according to claim 4, wherein the streaming channel includes an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) channel.

6. The vehicle AVN system according to claim 1, wherein the voice data analyzer determines that the music is present when irregular sound is continuously output from the streaming data for a predetermined time or more.