US 10,095,473 B2Granted

Intent managing system

AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.

InventorsJeff Lancaster, Robert E De Mers, Erik T Nelson, Chaya Garg

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Abstract

An intent managing system and a method for operating the same are provided. The system, for example, may include, but is not limited to a processor communicatively coupled to an input system and a memory. The processor may be configured to receive a voice command, determine how many of a plurality of voice controllable systems utilize the voice command, automatically select one of the plurality of voice controllable systems, generate an indication of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems, receive, from the at least one input system, confirmation of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems, and execute the received voice command at the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems when the confirmation is received.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An intent managing system for an aircraft comprising a plurality of voice controllable systems, the intent managing system comprising:

at least one input system;
a memory configured to store valid voice commands for each of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
and
a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one input system and the memory, the processor configured to:
receive a voice command from a user from the at least one input system;
determine how many of the plurality of voice controllable systems include the received voice command as a valid voice command;
select, when the received voice command is a valid voice command for only one of the plurality of voice controllable systems, the one of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
select, when the received voice command is a valid voice command for a plurality of the plurality of voice controllable systems, a most frequently selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems by the user for a current phase of flight of the aircraft and a current status of the aircraft based upon a user profile and data from one or more of the plurality of voice controllable systems, the user profile indicating the most frequently selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems for each phase of flight of the aircraft and the most frequently selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems for each status of the aircraft;
generate at least one of a visual indication of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems and an audio indication of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
receive, from the at least one input system, confirmation of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
and
execute the received voice command at the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems when the confirmation is received.

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A method for operating an intent managing system for an aircraft comprising a plurality of voice controllable systems, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a voice command from a user from an input system;
determining, by the processor, how many of the plurality of voice controllable systems include the received voice command as a valid voice command;
selecting, by the processor, one of the plurality of voice controllable systems when the received voice command is a valid voice command for only the one of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
selecting, by the processor, a most frequently selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems by the user for a current phase of flight of the aircraft and a current status of the aircraft based upon a user profile and data from one or more of the plurality of voice controllable systems when the received voice command is a valid voice command for a plurality of the plurality of voice controllable systems, the user profile indicating the most frequently selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems for each phase of flight of the aircraft and the most frequently selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems for each status of the aircraft;
generating, by the processor, at least one of a visual indication of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems and an audio indication of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
receiving, by the processor from the input system, confirmation of the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems;
and
executing, by the processor, the received voice command at the selected one of the plurality of voice controllable systems when the confirmation is received.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/931,352Filed 3 Nov 2015
Published: US 2017/0123757 A14 May 2017
Granted: 9 Oct 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
B60R 16/0373
For occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel: voice control
G06F 3/013
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: eye tracking input arrangements
G06F 3/015
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: input arrangements based on nervous system activity…