IN-CAR COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, IN-CAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND IN-CAR COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

• Main Author: NISHIKAWA, Gen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.02.2020
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A determination unit (7) determines whether or not a specific passenger in a car has spoken, on the basis of sound data collected in the car. A control unit (8) activates an in-car communication function, when it is determined by the determination unit (7) that the specific passenger has spoken.