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Multi-level warning based on driver gaze

A method for providing a driver with a warning includes determining that a vehicle is being operated in a manner that fails to comply with a constraint imposed on motion of vehicles on a section of a …

DRIVE·6d ago·1 min read

B60Q9/00 Cerence Operating Company

Proactive Multi-Modal Automotive Concierge

An apparatus for providing information services to a user in a vehicle includes an automotive concierge, a prompter, and an interaction mode. The automotive concierge is hosted by an infotainment syst…

DRIVE·Apr 17·1 min read

G06F16/9535 Cerence Operating Company

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY AND FLEXIBILITY USING VOICE INTERACTION

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 auto…

DRIVE·Jul 20·1 min read

B60W50/08 Cerence Operating Company

VEHICLE AVATAR DEVICES FOR INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

A system and method for providing avatar device status indicators for voice assistants in multi-zone vehicles. The method comprises: receiving at least one signal from a plurality of microphones, wher…

DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min read

G10L15/22 Cerence Operating Company

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A GEOLOCATION DATABASE

While current voice assistants can respond to voice requests, creating smarter assistants that leverage location, past requests, and user data to enhance responses to future requests and to provide ro…

DRIVE·Nov 17·2 min read

G06F16/9535 Cerence Operating Company

INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM HAVING AWARENESS OF LOCAL DYNAMIC FEATURES

A vehicle and many dynamic features move relative to the same reference frame. An infotainment system responds to a request from an occupant of a vehicle to provide information concerning a particular…

DRIVE·Oct 6·1 min read

B60K35/00 Cerence Operating Company

Speech Dialog System for Multiple Passengers in a Car

An automotive assistant that is connected to microphones and loudspeakers that are associated with different seats in a passenger vehicle includes a dialog manager that is configured to initiate a dia…

DRIVE·Jun 30·1 min read

G10L15/22 Cerence Operating Company

Automotive Entertainment Applications

An apparatus for entertaining an entertainee in a passenger vehicle includes an infotainment system having an automotive assistant that executes a spatially-cognizant entertainment application that in…

DRIVE·Jun 9·1 min read

A63F13/215 Cerence Operating Company

AUTOMOTIVE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH SPATIALLY-COGNIZANT APPLICATIONS THAT INTERACT WITH A SPEECH INTERFACE

An automotive processing unit includes an infotainment system having a speech interface, an application suite comprising one or more spatially-cognizant applications, and an automotive assistant that …

DRIVE·Jun 9·1 min read

G06F3/165 Cerence Operating Company

OUT-OF-DOMAIN MONITORING IN PARKED VEHICLES

In a parked vehicle, a head unit operating in low-power mode draws attention to a living being in a cabin of a parked vehicle. It does so by using a microphone to monitor said cabin for out-of-domain …

DRIVE·May 5·1 min read

B60W50/14 Cerence Operating Company

HAPTIC COMMUNICATION WITH A VEHICLE'S OCCUPANT

A haptic-communication system includes a fabric, a frame that supports the fabric, and a haptic element that is integral with a textile that forms the fabric. A transition of the haptic element betwee…

DRIVE·Apr 28·1 min read

G08B6/00 Cerence Operating Company