The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christian Edward Shaffer, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan Andrew Sikorski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TEHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/005 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04M 1/6083 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes one or more microphones that are each configured to selectively provide sound signals from one or more seating positions in the vehicle. A controller is programmed to receive an input indicative of a request to enter a group conversation mode upon initiation of a call, and, responsive to receiving the input, enable the microphones to selectively provide sound signals from all of the seating positions.