IP Library Granted Patent US 10,522,141
Granted Patent B2
US 10,522,141 · App. 15/759,857 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Vehicle voice recognition including a wearable device

Inventors: Pramita Mitra (West Bloomfield, MI); Craig John Simonds (Dearborn, MI); Gary Steven Strumolo (Canton, MI); Ali Hassani (Ann Arbor, MI); Mark A. Cuddihy (New Boston, MI); David Melcher (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
G10L15/22G10L15/02G10L2015/025G10L2015/027
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Patent No.
US 10,522,141
App. No.
15/759,857
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a wearable device including a memory and a processor. The processor receives a verbal input for a vehicle from a user. The processor interprets the verbal input to locate in the memory at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer. The processor generates a message corresponding to the verbal input including the at least one datum, and sends the message to the vehicle.

Claims (66)

1. A wearable computing device comprising:

an audio output; and

a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to:

receive, from a user, a verbal input not interpretable by a vehicle computer;

interpret the verbal input to locate in the memory at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer;

generate an audio message corresponding to the verbal input including the at least one datum, and

send the audio message including the at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer to the vehicle via the audio output.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

identify one or more syllables in the verbal input;

match at least one of the one or more syllables with a phoneme in the memory predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer; and

include the matched phoneme in the audio message.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

determine a meaning of at least a portion of the verbal input;

match the meaning of the portion of the verbal input with a meaning of a phrase in the memory predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer; and

include the phrase in the audio message.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

determine a meaning of at least a portion of the verbal input;

match the meaning of the portion of the verbal command with a meaning of a digital code in the memory predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer; and

include the digital code in a digital message to the vehicle.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the wearable computing device further includes a radio frequency transmitter and the processor is programmed to send the digital message via the radio frequency transmitter.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

receive the data predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer from a second computing device.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

pair, prior to receiving the verbal input, the wearable computing device with the vehicle computer.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

receive, prior to receiving the verbal input, an input initiating a vehicle message operation.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:

receive, prior to receiving the verbal input, an application programming interface, wherein the application programming interface is associated with the vehicle computer and at least a portion of the instructions executable by the processor is included in the application programming interface.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the data predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer is related to an application programming interface, wherein the application programming interface is associated with the vehicle computer and at least a portion of the instructions executable by the processor is included in the application programming interface.

11. A system comprising:

a wearable computing device comprising:

an audio output;

a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to:

receive, from a user, a verbal input not interpretable by a vehicle computer;

interpret the verbal input to locate in the memory at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer;

generate an audio message corresponding to the verbal input including the at least one datum; and

send the audio message including the at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer to the vehicle via the audio output; and

a vehicle computer including a processor and a memory, the memory of the vehicle computer storing instructions executable by the processor of the vehicle computer such that the processor of the vehicle computer is programmed to:

receive the audio message from the wearable device; and

instruct, based on the audio message, one or more vehicle applications to perform one or more operations.

12. A method comprising,

receiving, by a processor in a wearable computing device, from a user, a verbal input not interpretable by a vehicle computer;

interpreting the verbal input to locate in the memory at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer;

generating an audio message corresponding to the verbal input including the at least one datum, and

sending the audio message including the at least one datum predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer to the vehicle via an audio output included in the wearable computing device.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

identifying one or more syllables in the verbal input;

matching at least one of the one or more syllables with a phoneme in the memory predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer; and

including the matched phoneme in the audio message.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a meaning of at least a portion of the verbal input;

matching the meaning of the portion of the verbal input with a meaning of a phrase in the memory predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer; and

including the phrase in the audio message.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the library includes one or more signals predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle input device, further comprising:

determining a meaning of at least a portion of the verbal input;

matching the meaning of the portion of the verbal command with a meaning of a digital code in the memory predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer; and

including the digital code in a digital message.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving the data predetermined to be interpretable by the vehicle computer from a second computing device.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

pairing, prior to receiving the verbal input, the wearable computing device with the vehicle computer.

18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, prior to receiving the verbal input, an input initiating a vehicle message operation.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, by the vehicle computer, the audio message from the wearable device; and

instructing, by the vehicle computer, based on the audio message, one or more vehicle applications to perform one or more operations.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2018
From: MITRA, PRAMITA; SIMONDS, CRAIG JOHN; STRUMOLO, GARY STEVEN; HASSANI, ALI; CUDDIHY, MARK A.; MELCHER, DAVID
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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