Dashboard tissue holder

For use in a vehicle, a voice sneeze operated signal system comprising:

• at least one receptacle built into to a dashboard of a vehicle and accessible by an operator of the vehicle during operation thereof, the receptacle containing a tissue box having a plurality of pre-cut tissues, the receptacle containing a motorized panel connected to the receptacle by a lift mechanism;
• wherein the motorized panel lifts to expose the tissue box of precut tissues and is openable and closable, and
• a sound collection device including a microphone for converting audible information to signals, the microphone located on the dashboard;
• wherein said audible information is a sneeze and wherein no prompt is provided to the user prior to receiving said audible information,
• a digital processing device with embedded software capable of decoding
• signals of the sneeze comprising:
• the sound-collection device for receiving a frame of sound samples and extracting a set of parameters for sound recognition;
• software for decoding sounds collected by said sound-collection device, and for converting said sound from said parameters in accordance with a voice command table;
• and producing activation signals corresponding to said sneeze;
• and
• a application control table selectively activating said motorized panel, to expose the receptacle containing the tissue box of precut tissues for manual extraction of the precut tissues by a user in response to said activation signals, the motorized panel activated without motion by the user other than a sneeze;
• wherein the software of the system processes a first activation signal of a first sneeze to open the panel and nullifies a second activation signal of a second sneeze if it occurs within a defined period to prevent unwanted opening of the panel.