Vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSongeun Lee
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Abstract
Provided are a vehicle and a method of controlling the same that are capable of, when a user having been listening to a radio broadcast in a vehicle desires to send a message to the radio broadcast, providing a service that conveniently and safely sends the message to the radio broadcast when the user utters the message as speech. The vehicle may, based on a predetermined condition being satisfied while the audio corresponding to the radio broadcast signal is being output through a speaker, generate a message signal based on a speech message of the user input into a microphone, and control a communication module to transmit the generated message signal to a broadcasting station that broadcasts the radio broadcast signal.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a microphone;
- a display;
- a communication module;
- a radio reception module configured to receive a radio broadcast signal;
- a speaker configured to output audio corresponding to the received radio broadcast signal;
- and
- a controller configured to, based on a predetermined condition being satisfied while the audio corresponding to the radio broadcast signal is being output through the speaker, generate a message signal based on a speech message of a user input into the microphone, and control the communication module to transmit the generated message signal to a broadcasting station that broadcasts the radio broadcast signal,
- the controller further configured to:
- determine a keyword related to message sending based on the audio corresponding to the radio output through the speaker;
- and
- transmit the generated message based on recognizing an intent of the speech message including message sending,
- wherein the intent including the message sending is determined based on the keyword,
- wherein the microphone is configured to receive the audio corresponding to the radio output through the speaker, and
- wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied based on the audio input into the microphone including the keyword related to message sending.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a radio broadcast signal;
- outputting audio corresponding to the received radio broadcast signal through a speaker;
- upon a predetermined condition being satisfied while the audio corresponding to the radio broadcast signal is being output, generating a message signal based on a speech message of a user input into a microphone;
- transmitting the generated message signal to a broadcasting station that broadcasts the radio broadcast signal;
- determining a keyword related to message sending based on the audio corresponding to the radio output through the speaker;
- and
- transmitting the generated message based on recognizing an intent of the speech message including message sending,
- wherein the intent including the message sending is determined based on the keyword,
- wherein the audio corresponding to the radio broadcast signal output through the speaker is input into the microphone, and
- wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when the audio input into the microphone includes the keyword related to message sending.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.