SMART VEHICLE MANUALS AND MAINTENANCE TRACKING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
- a computer configured to;
receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle,determine at least one of a need to provide owner'"'"'s manual information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and a request to provide owner'"'"'s manual information to the occupant,generate (i) data representing an avatar having an appearance and (ii) data representing a spoken statement for the avatar, the spoken statement providing owner'"'"'s manual information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request,output the data representing the avatar for visual display, andoutput the data representing the statement for the avatar for audio play.
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Abstract
An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle includes a computer configured to receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle. The computer determines at least one of a need to provide owner'"'"'s manual (or maintenance) information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and a request to provide owner'"'"'s manual (or maintenance) information to the occupant. The computer generates (i) data representing an avatar having an appearance and (ii) data representing a spoken statement for the avatar. The spoken statement provides owner'"'"'s manual (or maintenance) information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request. The data representing the avatar is output for visual display, and the data representing the statement for the avatar is output for audio play.
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20 Claims
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1. An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
a computer configured to; receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle, determine at least one of a need to provide owner'"'"'s manual information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and a request to provide owner'"'"'s manual information to the occupant, generate (i) data representing an avatar having an appearance and (ii) data representing a spoken statement for the avatar, the spoken statement providing owner'"'"'s manual information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request, output the data representing the avatar for visual display, and output the data representing the statement for the avatar for audio play. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
- 5. The emotive advisory system of claim 5 wherein the spoken statement includes instructions on how to resolve a cause for the vehicle warning light.
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9. An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
a computer configured to; receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle, determine at least one of a need to provide maintenance information to an occupant based on the operating state of the vehicle and a request to provide maintenance information to the occupant, generate (i) data representing an avatar having an appearance and (ii) data representing a spoken statement for the avatar, the spoken statement providing maintenance information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on at least one of the need and the request, output the data representing the avatar for visual display, and output the data representing the statement for the avatar for audio play. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
a computer configured to; determine a need to provide owner'"'"'s manual information to an occupant based on an operating state of the vehicle, generate data representing a spoken statement providing owner'"'"'s manual information to the occupant in spoken dialog based on the need, and output the data representing the statement for audio play.
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