Biasing interpretations of spoken utterance(s) that are received in a vehicular environment

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to be operable to:
• receive, from a user and via a computing device, a spoken utterance that includes a query, the spoken utterance being provided while the user is located in a vehicle of the user;
• obtain a corresponding vehicle sensor data instance of vehicle sensor data, the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance being generated by one or more vehicle sensors of the vehicle of the user;
• determine, based on (i) the query and (ii) the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance, whether to execute a first search over a first corpus of data and/or a second search over a second corpus of data to identify one or more candidate responses for the query included in the spoken utterance, wherein the first corpus of data corresponds to a user manual corpus of data that is specific to the vehicle and that is provided by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the vehicle, wherein the second corpus of data corresponds to an additional corpus of data that is not specific to the vehicle, and wherein, in determining whether to execute a first search over a first corpus of data and/or a second search over a second corpus of data to identify one or more candidate responses for the query included in the spoken utterance, the at least one processor is operable to:
• identify a corresponding timestamp associated with the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance, the corresponding timestamp associated with the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance corresponding to a time the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance is generated;
• determine, based on the corresponding timestamp associated with the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance, whether the spoken utterance that includes the query was received within a threshold duration of time with respect to the time the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance is generated;
• and
• in response to determining that the spoken utterance that includes the query was received within the threshold duration of time:
• determine to execute the first search over the first corpus of data, but to refrain from executing the second search over the second corpus of data;
• in response to determining to execute the first search over the first corpus of data, but to refrain from executing the second search over the second corpus of data:
• cause the first search over the first corpus of data to be executed to identify the one or more candidate responses for the query included in the spoken utterance, the first search being based on (i) the query and (ii) the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance;
• and
• cause a given candidate response, from among the one or more candidate responses, to be provided for presentation to the user via the computing device or an additional computing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a user and via a computing device, a spoken utterance that includes a query, the spoken utterance being provided while the user is located in a vehicle of the user;
• obtaining a corresponding vehicle sensor data instance of vehicle sensor data, the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance being generated by one or more vehicle sensors of the vehicle of the user;
• determining, based on (i) the query and (ii) the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance, whether to execute a first search over a first corpus of data and/or a second search over a second corpus of data to identify one or more candidate responses for the query included in the spoken utterance, wherein the first corpus of data corresponds to a user manual corpus of data that is specific to the vehicle and that is provided by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the vehicle, wherein the second corpus of data corresponds to an additional corpus of data that is not specific to the vehicle, and wherein determining whether to execute a first search over a first corpus of data and/or a second search over a second corpus of data to identify one or more candidate responses for the query included in the spoken utterance comprises:
• identifying a corresponding timestamp associated with the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance, the corresponding timestamp associated with the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance corresponding to a time the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance is generated;
• determining, based on the corresponding timestamp associated with the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance, whether the spoken utterance that includes the query was received within a threshold duration of time with respect to the time the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance is generated;
• and
• in response to determining that the spoken utterance that includes the query was received within the threshold duration of time:
• determining to execute the first search over the first corpus of data, but to refrain from executing the second search over the second corpus of data;
• in response to determining to execute the first search over the first corpus of data, but to refrain from executing the second search over the second corpus of data:
• causing the first search over the first corpus of data to be executed to identify the one or more candidate responses for the query included in the spoken utterance, the first search being based on (i) the query and (ii) the corresponding vehicle sensor data instance;
• and
• causing a given candidate response, from among the one or more candidate responses, to be provided for presentation to the user via the computing device or an additional computing device.