Isolation and enhancement of short duration speech prompts in an automotive system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9972316
APP PUB NO 20170193991A1
SERIAL NO

15395367

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In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for enhancing speech prompts in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an audio processor that is electrically coupled to a plurality of loudspeakers in a vehicle. The audio processor being programmed to provide entertainment data to the plurality of loudspeakers for playback in the vehicle and to receive a speech prompt indicative of only a spoken audio output to a driver in the vehicle. The audio processor is further programmed to mute the entertainment data that is played back on a first loudspeaker of the plurality of loudspeakers in response to the speech prompt and to provide the speech prompt to the first loudspeaker for playback to the driver in response to the speech prompt.

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HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED400 ATLANTIC STREET 15TH FLOOR STAMFORD CT 06901

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heber, Kevin Eric Carmel, US 8 47
Hosakere, Shivaswamy Samarth Novi, US 3 2

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