In-vehicle hands-free apparatus
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus for making a hands-free call using a telephone in a car, comprising:
- a storage unit operable to store a voice of a party on the other end of the hands-free call uttered during said call;
a situation analysis unit operable to analyze a surrounding situation of the car based on information outputted from at least one sensor for detecting the surrounding situation;
an action determination unit operable to determine an action on a state of the call between a user of the telephone and the party based on a result of the analysis of the situation analysis unit; and
a playback output unit operable to play back the voice of the party stored in the storage unit based on the action determined by the action determination unit and output said voice for the user.
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Abstract
An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus 10 includes: a communication unit 15 which is connected with a mobile phone 30; a storage unit 17 for storing a voice of a party on the other end of a call; a situation analysis unit 12 for analyzing surrounding situations of a car based on information outputted from a group of sensors 20 for detecting the surrounding situations; an action determination unit 13 for determining, based on the result of the analysis of the situation analysis unit 12, to continue or hold the call between a driver and the party, or cancel the hold; a playback control unit 14 for playing back the voice of the party stored in the storage unit 17 according to a control signal outputted based on the determination of the action determination unit 13 to cancel the hold; and a voice output unit 16 for outputting the voice played back by the playback control unit 14 for the driver.
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21 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus for making a hands-free call using a telephone in a car, comprising:
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a storage unit operable to store a voice of a party on the other end of the hands-free call uttered during said call;
a situation analysis unit operable to analyze a surrounding situation of the car based on information outputted from at least one sensor for detecting the surrounding situation;
an action determination unit operable to determine an action on a state of the call between a user of the telephone and the party based on a result of the analysis of the situation analysis unit; and
a playback output unit operable to play back the voice of the party stored in the storage unit based on the action determined by the action determination unit and output said voice for the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A hands-free call method for making a hands-free call using a telephone in a car, comprising:
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a recording step of recording a voice of a party on the other end of the hands-free call during said call;
a situation analysis step of analyzing a surrounding situation of the car based on information outputted from at least one sensor for detecting the surrounding situation;
an action determination step of switching a state of the call between a user of the telephone and the party by selecting either a call state in which a call can be made or a hold state in which a call cannot be made, based on a result of the analysis in the situation analysis step; and
a playback output step of playing back the voice of the party recorded in the recording step and outputting said voice for the user when the state of the call is switched from the hold state to the call state after being switched from the call state to the hold state in the action determination step. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A program for an in-vehicle hands-free apparatus for making a hands-free call using a telephone in a car, the program causing a computer to execute:
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a recording step of recording a voice of a party on the other end of the hands-free call during said call;
a situation analysis step of analyzing a surrounding situation of the car based on information outputted from at least one sensor for detecting the surrounding situation;
an action determination step of switching a state of the call between a user of the telephone and the party by selecting either a call state in which a call can be made or a hold state in which a call cannot be made, based on a result of the analysis in the situation analysis step; and
a playback output step of playing back the voice of the party recorded in the recording step and outputting said voice for the user when the state of the call is switched from the hold state to the call state after being switched from the call state to the hold state in the action determination step.
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