Monitoring of vehicle window vibrations for voice-command recognition

A method comprising:

• activating a vibration sensor responsive to detecting, via a communication node of a vehicle, that a key fob of a user is within a communication range of the vehicle;
• detecting, via the vibration sensor, a voice command of the user, the vibration sensor coupled to a window of the vehicle to detect audio vibrations;
• identifying, via a processor, an audio response based upon the voice command;
• and
• emitting, via an audio actuator, the audio response to the user, the audio actuator coupled to an outer layer of the vehicle to vibrate the outer layer.

A vehicle comprising:

• an outer layer;
• a communication module;
• a vibration sensor and an audio actuator coupled to the outer layer;
• and
• a controller to:
• activate the vibration sensor responsive to detecting, via the communication module, a key fob associated with the vehicle is within a vehicle communication range;
• detect a voice command via the vibration sensor;
• identify an audio response based upon the voice command;
• and
• emit the audio response via the audio actuator.