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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. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick M. Lavelle, Sayville, NY (US);
Thomas C. Malone, Miller Place, NY (US);
James R. Tranchina, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Assignee:
Audiovox Corporation, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method for providing voice confirmations corresponding to actions of passengers in a vehicle includes the step of detecting an action performed by an occupant of the vehicle. A corresponding voice confirmation is identified from among a plurality of pre-stored voice confirmations. The corresponding voice confirmation is audibly reproduced. The reproducing step may include the step of synthesizing the corresponding voice confirmation, or the step of playing back a pre-recorded voice confirmation as representative of the corresponding voice confirmation.