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Granted Patent B2
US 12,744,036 · App. 18/516,921 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Control method based on vehicle external audio system, vehicle intelligent marketing method, electronic apparatus, and storage medium

Inventors: Bin Ma (Shanghai, CN); Guigui Lu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: PATEO CONNECT+ Technology (Shanghai) Corporation
G10L15/22B60R25/01G06V40/176G10L15/005G10L25/63
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Patent No.
US 12,744,036
App. No.
18/516,921
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control method of a vehicle external audio system includes, in response to the vehicle external audio system establishing a first type voice interaction strategy with a person, obtaining a plurality of biological features of the person performing voice interaction with the vehicle external audio system, determining emotion of the person according to a change of the plurality of biological features, and, in response to the emotion of the person changing, controlling the vehicle external audio system to switch from the first type voice interaction strategy to a second type voice interaction strategy, or, in response to the vehicle external audio system establishing the first type voice interaction strategy with the person, obtaining surrounding environment information of a vehicle, and in response to the surrounding environment information changing, controlling the vehicle external audio system to switch from the first type voice interaction strategy to the second type voice interaction strategy.

Claims (25)

1 . A vehicle intelligent marketing method implemented by a controller of the vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving signals from one or more sensors and recognizing that a person is approaching a vehicle by calculating a distance between an emitter and a reflector by measuring time of flight (TOF) signals;

in response to recognizing that the person is approaching the vehicle, switching a vehicle external audio system from a standby state to a working state including in response to recognizing that the person approached the vehicle, obtaining an identity feature of the person, the identity feature including at least biological features and/or physical features using at least one of a TOF senor, a vibration sensor, or an image sensor outside the vehicle; and

controlling the vehicle external audio system to perform voice interaction with the person based on a predetermined marketing strategy, including controlling the vehicle external audio system to emit a sales voice matching the identity feature with a voice feature matching the identity feature, including matching a language type corresponding to a biological feature of the person by searching a database of language types or determining a language type based on voice data of the person.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in response to recognizing that the person approaches the vehicle, switching the vehicle external audio system from the standby state to the working state includes:

in response to recognizing that the person approaches the vehicle, determining whether the person is a predetermined person; and

in response to determining that the person is not the predetermined person, switching the vehicle external audio system from the standby state to the working state.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein recognizing that the person approaches the vehicle includes:

recognizing that the person approaches the vehicle in at least one of a vehicle external voice waking manner, a vehicle external biological sensing manner, a vehicle body vibration sensing manner, or a vehicle external image recognition manner.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after the vehicle external audio system switching from the standby state to the working state:

obtaining orientation information of the person relative to the vehicle; and

determining a position where the person is interested in the vehicle according to the orientation information, wherein controlling the vehicle external audio system to perform the voice interaction with the person based on a predetermined marketing strategy includes:

obtaining introduction information corresponding to the position where the person is interested in the vehicle based on the marketing strategy; and

controlling the vehicle external audio system to issue a sales voice based on the introduction information.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein obtaining the orientation information of the person relative to the vehicle includes:

obtaining the orientation information of the person relative to the vehicle in a voice field tracking manner, a biological sensor positioning tracking manner, or an image tracking manner.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after the vehicle external audio system switching from the standby state to the working state:

obtaining posture information of the person; and

determining a position where the person is interested in the vehicle according to the posture information, wherein controlling the vehicle external audio system to perform the voice interaction with the person based on a predetermined marketing strategy includes:

obtaining introduction information corresponding to the position where the person is interested in the vehicle based on the marketing strategy; and

controlling the vehicle external audio system to issue a sales voice based on the introduction information.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to triggering a self-sale mode of the vehicle, obtaining at least one of light intensity or temperature of an environment where the vehicle is located and adjusting a language mode of the vehicle external audio system based on the at least one of the light intensity or the temperature of the environment where the vehicle is located.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein according to different application scenes of the vehicle, a voice sale strategy includes a self-sale strategy for the vehicle, an item sale strategy for selling an item, a sharing service strategy for sharing the vehicle, and a delivery service strategy for item delivery.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein an image or video information of a sale item is projected onto a road surface or wall through an external camera or a projector of the vehicle, or information about the sale item is presented to the person outside the vehicle through a screen arranged at the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2023
From: MA, BIN; LU, GUIGUI
To: PATEO CONNECT+ TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065641/0787 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202210643266.2 · Jun 8, 2022 · national
CN 202210643860.1 · Jun 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023091961 · May 4, 2023
Related Publication 20240161748A1 · May 16, 2024
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