Patent ID: 11938820
Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
a microphone;
at least one vehicle component; and
an interface system communicatively coupled to the microphone and the at least one vehicle component, the interface system configured to:
detect, via the microphone, an utterance of a vocal command by an occupant of the vehicle;
determine whether a virtual personal assistant (VPA) of the vehicle is present within the vehicle;
transmit the utterance to the VPA of the vehicle, responsive to determining that the VPA of the vehicle is present within the vehicle;
transmit the utterance to a VPA of a mobile device positioned within the vehicle, responsive to determining that the VPA of the vehicle is not present within the vehicle;
receive control signals from at least one of the VPA of the vehicle and the VPA of the mobile device, the control signals generated according to the vocal command; and
transmit the control signals to the at least one vehicle component for controlling the at least one vehicle component.