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Voice-interfaced in-vehicle assistance

US9196248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hans-Peter Fischer · Bottmingen, CH
Ignacio Alvarez · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2013
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L25/63
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Voice-interfaced, in-vehicle assistance includes receiving a voice-based query from a user in the vehicle, and then determining at least one of a user emotional state, user expertise level and speech recognition confidence level associated with the voice-based query. A text-based query may then be derived from the voice-based query, and used to search a help database for answers corresponding to the voice-based query. At least one response is then provided to the user in the form of voice-based assistance in accordance with at least one of the user emotional state, user expertise level and speech recognition confidence level.

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