Cerence Operating Company

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Christophe Couvreur

Nils Lenke

Mohammad Mehdi Moniri

Donni McCray

Erland Unruh

Lior Ben-Gigi

Stefan Hamerich

Quynh Nguyen

Niels Does

Stefan Frank

Provided are a system and method of input to a computer in a vehicle. An electronic communication is formed between a first electronic device and a display of a second electronic device that is viewable by a user from a location in the vehicle, including providing by the first electronic device a first input mode for the second electronic device. A multimodal application is executed that permits the user to interact with the display of the second electronic device by a combination of the first input mode and at least one second input mode for the second electronic device. The combination of the first input mode and the at least one second input mode controls the display of the first electronic device.

Multimodal input processing for vehicle computer

Provided are a system and method of mixing a second audio stream with a first audio stream in an audio output device. The system is configured to execute the method, comprising buffering and outputting the first audio stream via the audio output device as unmodified output, determining at least one insertion spot within the first audio stream, modifying the first audio stream at an insertion spot to avoid content loss, outputting the second audio stream at the insertion spot, and resuming unmodified output of the first audio stream at or near a completion of the second audio stream. Modifying the first audio stream can include pausing and/or warping the first audio stream at the insertion spot. The audio output device can be a vehicle head unit or a wireless device, such as a mobile phone.

Audio stream mixing system and method

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Sint-Pieters-Kapelle, Belgium

Christophe Couvreur