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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Perry Robinson Macneille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kacie Alane Theisen, Novi, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kacie Alane Theisen, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An emotive advisory system for use by one or more occupants of an automotive vehicle includes a directional speaker array, and a computer. The computer is configured to determine an audio direction, and output data representing an avatar for visual display. The computer is further configured to output data representing a spoken statement for the avatar for audio play from the speaker array such that the audio from the speaker array is directed in the determined audio direction. A visual appearance of the avatar and the spoken statement for the avatar convey a simulated emotional state.