Spoken notifications for acoustic vehicle alerting systems
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorBrian Karl Lickfelt
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Abstract
A notification system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system can incorporate speech-based feedback to be presented via the acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS) for the vehicle. In some embodiments, the AVAS can generate sounds to improve safety of pedestrians when the vehicle is in motion, while also being equipped to produce spoken words conveying information about a vehicle-related condition. In some cases, the system can choose a specific audio file to play back in response to a user's language selection.
Claims20
A method of managing vehicle notifications, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle, an indication of a first triggering event having occurred, the first triggering event including a detection of a change in condition, status, or operation of the vehicle;
- identifying, at the ECU and with reference to a first record stored in an onboard spoken language feedback relational database, a first bus command that is associated with the first triggering event, the first record including a first speech-based audio file conveying first information about the detected change;
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- transmitting, from the ECU and to an acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS) of the vehicle, a first control signal that includes the first bus command and the first speech-based audio file, thereby causing the AVAS to present, via a first speaker, the first speech-based audio file.
A spoken language feedback system, the system including:
- an acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS) communicatively coupled to at least one vehicle electronic control unit (ECU), the ECU configured to:
- receive an indication of a first triggering event having occurred, the first triggering event including a detection of a change in condition, status, or operation of the vehicle;
- identify, with reference to a first record stored in an onboard spoken language feedback relational database, a first bus command that is associated with the first triggering event, the first record including a first speech-based audio file conveying first information about the detected change;
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- transmit, to the AVAS, a first control signal that includes the first bus command and the first speech-based audio file, thereby causing the AVAS to present, via a first speaker, the first speech-based audio file.
A system for managing vehicle notifications, the system comprising one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to:
- receive, at an electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle, an indication of a first triggering event having occurred, the first triggering event including a detection of a change in condition, status, or operation of the vehicle;
- identify, at the ECU and with reference to a first record stored in an onboard spoken language feedback relational database, a first bus command that is associated with to the first triggering event, the first record including a first speech-based audio file conveying first information about the detected change;
- and
- transmit, from the ECU and to an acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS) of the vehicle, a first control signal that includes the first bus command and the first speech-based audio file, thereby causing the AVAS to present, via a first speaker, the first speech-based audio file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.