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Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2008
Applicants:

Chu Hee Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Johnathan Lee, Puyallup, WA (US);

Daniel Rosario, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Edward Kim, San Francisco, CA (US);

Thomas Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chu Hee Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Johnathan Lee, Puyallup, WA (US);

Daniel Rosario, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Edward Kim, San Francisco, CA (US);

Thomas Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A voice command acquisition method and system for motor vehicles is improved in that noise source information is obtained directly from the vehicle system bus. Upon receiving an input signal with a voice command, the system bus is queried for one or more possible sources of a noise component in the input signal. In addition to vehicle-internal information (e.g., window status, fan blower speed, vehicle speed), the system may acquire external information (e.g., weather status) in order to better classify the noise component in the input signal. If the noise source is found to be a window, for example, the driver may be prompted to close the window. In addition, if the fan blower is at a high speed level, it may be slowed down automatically.


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