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

Claim 14:
15. A system for controlling a vehicle system of a vehicle, comprising:
a mobile device positioned with the vehicle;
an interface system integrated into the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the vehicle system and the mobile device, the interface system configured to:
receive, via a microphone, an utterance of a command by an occupant of the vehicle;
determine whether the interface system includes a speech recognition system;
transmit the utterance from the interface system to a virtual personal assistant (VPA) of the vehicle, responsive to determining that the interface system includes a speech recognition system;
transmit the utterance from the interface system to the mobile device, responsive to determining that the interface system does not include a speech recognition system;
receive, at the interface system, a control signal from at least one of the VPA of the vehicle and the mobile device; and
transmit the control signal from the interface system to the vehicle system for controlling the vehicle system;

wherein the mobile device is configured to:
receive the utterance from the interface system;
convert the utterance to a natural language text;
identify the command in the natural language text;
generate the control signal according to the command; and
transmit the control signal to the interface system.