Patent ID: 7571102
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A controller for use in a vehicle having a number of modules configured to operate as a function of information carried in a microphone signal, wherein each module includes voice recognition capabilities that allow the modules to translate the microphone signal into a command signal sufficient to control operation of the module, the controller comprising: a router configured to receive the microphone signal from a microphone in the vehicle and to simultaneously route the microphone signal to each of the modules such that each module receives the same microphone signals prior to the microphone signals being translated into command signals; and a microprocessor for transmitting a microphone authorization signal for authorizing one of the modules to process the routed microphone signal such that only the authorized module processes the microphone signal, wherein the processing of the microphone signals includes translating the microphone signals into command signals sufficient to control operation of the module.