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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US);
Shenbin Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Jianchao Lin, Shanghai, CN;
Nan Li, Beijing, CN;
David Yu, Shanghai, CN;
Lei Shiah, Shanghai, CN;
Chien-Pang Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Bruno Xu, Beijing, CN;
Feng Xia, Chengdu, CN;
Feng Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing avatar device status indicators for voice assistants in multi-zone vehicles. The method comprises: receiving at least one signal from a plurality of microphones, wherein each microphone is associated with one of a plurality of spatial zones, and one of a plurality of avatar devices; wherein the at least one signal further comprises a speech signal component from a speaker; wherein the speech signal component is a voice command or question; sending zone information associated with the speaker and with one of the plurality of spatial zones to an avatar; activating one the plurality of avatar devices in a respective one of the plurality of spatial zones associated with the speaker.