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AssigneeCerence Operating Company
InventorsNils Lenke, Johan Wouters, Adam Emfield, Sumanta Chakraborty, Charles L. Ortiz, JR.
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A vehicle control system executing a voice control system for facilitating voice-based dialog with a driver to enable the driver or autonomous vehicle to control certain operational aspects of an autonomous vehicle is provided. Using environmental and sensor input, the vehicle control system can select optimal routes for operating the vehicle in an autonomous mode or choose a preferred operational mode. Occupants of the autonomous vehicle can change a destination, route or driving mode by engaging with the vehicle control system in a dialog enabled by the voice control system.
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A method comprising using a voice-control system to cause a vehicle to transition from operating in a first mode to operating in a second mode, wherein causing said vehicle to transition comprises causing said voice-control system to execute, while said vehicle is operating in said first mode,
An apparatus comprising a vehicle that transitions between operating in a first mode and operating in a second mode, said vehicle comprising a vehicle control system that controls operation of said vehicle and a voice-control system that interacts with said vehicle control system to execute steps while said vehicle is operating in said first mode, wherein said steps comprise a determining step, a generating step, a receiving step, and a responding step, wherein said determining step comprises making a determination that operation in a second mode has become available, wherein said generating step comprises, in response to having made said determination, announcing that operation in said second mode is available, wherein said receiving step comprises receiving an utterance indicating a desire to cause said transition, and wherein said responding step comprises instructing said vehicle to operate in said second mode.
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