US 11,938,820 B2
Voice control of vehicle systems
Rajesh Biswal, Bangalore (IN); and Arindam Dasgupta, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/594,248
Filed by Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/052887
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/208397, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185111 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60K 2360/148 (2024.01); B60K 2360/573 (2024.01); B60K 2360/592 (2024.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
a microphone;
at least one vehicle component; and
an interface system communicatively coupled to the microphone and the at least one vehicle component, the interface system configured to:
detect, via the microphone, an utterance of a vocal command by an occupant of the vehicle;
determine whether a virtual personal assistant (VPA) of the vehicle is present within the vehicle;
transmit the utterance to the VPA of the vehicle, responsive to determining that the VPA of the vehicle is present within the vehicle;
transmit the utterance to a VPA of a mobile device positioned within the vehicle, responsive to determining that the VPA of the vehicle is not present within the vehicle;
receive control signals from at least one of the VPA of the vehicle and the VPA of the mobile device, the control signals generated according to the vocal command; and
transmit the control signals to the at least one vehicle component for controlling the at least one vehicle component.