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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Irv T. Salmeen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary S. Strumolo, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ronald H. Miller, Saline, MI (US);
David D. Dimeo, Windsor, CA (US);
Anna Zevalkink, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Irv T. Salmeen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary S. Strumolo, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ronald H. Miller, Saline, MI (US);
David D. DiMeo, Windsor, CA (US);
Anna Zevalkink, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
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.