Method and system for using sound related vehicle information to enhance spoken dialogue by modifying dialogue's prompt pitch

1. A method comprising:

receiving, in a processor associated with a vehicle, sound related vehicle information representing one or more sounds, the sound related vehicle information measured an exterior microphone located exterior to a cabin of the vehicle;

and modifying spoken dialogue of a spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information;

comprising determining interference profile records based on the sound related vehicle information;

wherein modifying spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information comprises:

modifying pace and timing and pitch of audio prompts based on the interference profile records;

and outputting the modified audio prompts.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information comprises:

determining introductory audio prompts based on the interference profile records; and

outputting the introductory audio prompts to a user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information comprises:

modifying dialogue style to reduce grammar perplexity based on the interference profile records.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information comprises:

monitoring user confusion; and

outputting audio prompts responding to the user confusion.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information comprises:

modifying multi-modal dialogue based on the interference profile records.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

measuring a success of modifying the spoken dialogue based on the sound related vehicle information in increasing dialogue success; and

adapting modification of the spoken dialogue based on the measured success.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the external microphone is located in an exterior location selected from a group consisting of:

a vehicle body;

a vehicle bumper;

a vehicle trunk; and

a vehicle windshield.

8. A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

a memory;

an exterior microphone located exterior to a cabin of the vehicle for measuring sound-related information,

a processor associated with the vehicle to:

receive, in the processor associated with the vehicle, sound related vehicle information representing one or more sounds measured by the exterior microphone;

and modify spoken dialogue of a spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information;

wherein the processor is to determine interference profile records based on the sound related vehicle information;

wherein to modify spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information the processor is to: modify pace and timing and pitch of audio prompts based on the interference profile records;

and output the modified audio prompts.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein to modify spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information the processor is to:

determine introductory audio prompts based on the interference profile records; and

output the introductory audio prompts to a user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein to modify spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information the processor is to:

modify dialogue style to reduce grammar perplexity based on the interference profile records; and

output modified prompts.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein to modify spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information the processor is to:

monitor user confusion; and

output audio prompts responding to the user confusion.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein to modify spoken dialogue of the spoken dialogue system associated with the vehicle based on the sound related vehicle information the processor is to:

modify multi-modal dialogue based on the interference profile records.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is to:

measure a success of the spoken dialogue modification based on the sound related vehicle information in increasing dialogue success; and

adapt the spoken dialogue modification based on the measured success.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the external microphone is located in an exterior location selected from a group consisting of:

a vehicle body;

a vehicle bumper;

a vehicle trunk; and

a vehicle windshield.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, at a controller associated with a spoken dialogue system, information related to the operation of vehicle systems causing sound and measured by an exterior microphone located exterior to a vehicle cabin;

calculating interference profile records based on the information, the interference profile records representing noise types and noise levels; and

altering dialogue control based on the interference profile records;

wherein altering dialogue control based on the interference profile records comprises:

delaying and modifying pitch, pace and timing of an audio prompt output from the spoken dialogue system based on the interference profile records.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein altering dialogue control based on the interference profile records comprises reducing confidence levels associated with a semantic interpreter.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein altering dialogue control based on the interference profile records comprises modifying a backend application associated the spoken dialogue system based on the interference profile records.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the external microphone is located in an exterior location selected from a group consisting of:

a vehicle body;

a vehicle bumper;

a vehicle trunk; and

a vehicle windshield.