IP Library Granted Patent US 12,217,757
Granted Patent B2
US 12,217,757 · App. 17/548,240 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Voice recognition notetaker

Inventors: Garrett Laskowski (Linden, MI); Padhu Kanagaraj (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
G10L15/26B60R16/0373G10L15/22H04M1/6091H04M1/724098H04M1/72412H04M1/72433G10L2015/223
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Patent No.
US 12,217,757
App. No.
17/548,240
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recording system for a motor vehicle includes a communication interface receiving an audio feed from a telephone. A voice recognition module is communicatively coupled to the communication interface and responds to a command from a human user by converting at least a portion of the audio feed from the telephone into text data, and storing the text data in a memory device.

Claims (30)

1. A recording system for a motor vehicle, the recording system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive an audio feed from a telephone; and

a voice recognition module communicatively coupled to the communication interface and configured to respond to a command from a human user by:

converting only speech by another person that the human user is talking to on the telephone into text data; and

storing the text data in a memory device.

2. The recording system of claim 1 wherein the communication interface comprises a Bluetooth module.

3. The recording system of claim 1 wherein the telephone comprises a mobile cellular telephone.

4. The recording system of claim 1 further comprising a switch, wherein the voice recognition module receives the command from a human user as a result of the human user actuating the switch.

5. The recording system of claim 1 wherein the memory device is disposed remote from the motor vehicle.

6. The recording system of claim 1 wherein the memory device is configured to send the stored text data to the human user via a personal cloud arrangement, email, text message, or mobile phone application.

7. A recording method for a motor vehicle, the recording method comprising:

receiving within the motor vehicle an audio feed from a telephone; and

responding to the command from the human driver by:

converting only speech by another person that the human driver is talking to on the telephone into text data; and

storing the text data in a memory device.

8. The recording method of claim 7 wherein the audio feed from the telephone is received via a Bluetooth module.

9. The recording method of claim 7 wherein the telephone comprises a mobile cellular telephone.

10. The recording method of claim 7 wherein the responding step includes responding to the human driver actuating a switch.

11. The recording method of claim 7 wherein the memory device is disposed at a location remote from the motor vehicle.

12. The recording method of claim 7 further comprising sending the stored text data to the human driver via a personal cloud arrangement, email, text message, or mobile phone application.

13. The recording method of claim 7 further comprising routing far end audio from a hands-free library input to a voice recognition module, the far end audio being produced by another person that the human driver is talking to on the telephone.

14. A recording system for a motor vehicle, the recording system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive an audio feed from a telephone; a switch configured to be actuated by a human driver of the motor vehicle; and

a voice recognition module communicatively coupled to the communication interface and to the switch, the voice recognition module being configured to respond to actuation of the switch by:

converting only speech by another person that the human user is talking to on the telephone into text data; and

storing the text data in a memory device.

15. The recording system of claim 14 wherein the communication interface comprises a Bluetooth module.

16. The recording system of claim 14 wherein the telephone comprises a mobile cellular telephone.

17. The recording system of claim 14 wherein the memory device is disposed remote from the motor vehicle.

18. The recording system of claim 14 wherein the memory device is configured to send the stored text data to the human user via a personal cloud arrangement, email, text message, or mobile phone application.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 72222 FRAME 267. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 23, 2025
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS AMERICA, LLC.
Reel/Frame 072930/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 072222/0267 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2021
From: LASKOWSKI, GARRETT; KANAGARAJ, PADKU
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS COMPANY OF AMERICA, DIVISION OF PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
Reel/Frame 058364/0880 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63125811 · Dec 15, 2020
Related Publication 20220189485A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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