Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Anna Zevalkink

Gary Steven Strumolo

Ronald Hugh Miller

Irv T Salmeen

David D DiMeo

A safety system () for a host vehicle () includes a voice sensor () that detects voice signals from a vehicle occupant. An occupant classifier () determines a state of mind of the vehicle occupant. A controller () performs a safety countermeasure in response to the state of mind of the occupant including the transmission of the state of mind to a target vehicle. A vehicle voice control system () includes the voice sensor (), which detects voice signals from the vehicle occupant. A speech classifier () monitors a speech characteristic, including a vehicle occupant identifiable and associated speech characteristic, in response to the voice signals and associates the voice signals with a vehicle related task in response thereto. A controller () performs the vehicle related task in response to the voice signals and the association.

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