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AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsSean L. Helm, Jeffrey E. Pierfelice, Eric R. Schmidt
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Disclosed are computer devices, systems, and methods for dynamic microphone switching for a vehicle. A plurality of microphones can be located throughout the vehicle cabin, each biased toward a different seat. When audio is received from the microphones, the volumes of the audio input for each respective microphone can be compared. The microphone with the loudest audio input can be activated and the audio input can be sent to an application, such as a telephone application. The other microphones can be muted and their audio inputs discarded. A baseline threshold can be used to determine if audio input detected by a microphone is intentional or is merely ambient noise. Weight sensors in each seat can also be used to determine whether a microphone should be activated. For example, if nobody is sitting in a particular seat, then that microphone can automatically be muted.
A computing device for a vehicle comprising:
A computer-implemented method for a vehicle comprising:
A system comprising:
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