Patent ID: 8483775
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04M,H04R,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating through a vehicle communication system associated with a vehicle, the vehicle including at least a first zone and a second zone, the method comprising: determining, by a vehicle communication system controller, a signal strength of a wearable personal communication device; determining, by the vehicle communication system controller, if the wearable personal communication device is in the first zone within the vehicle based, at least in part, on a comparison of the signal strength with a first threshold; and if the wearable personal communication device is determined to be within the first zone, decoupling from signal processing logic both a vehicle microphone in the first zone and a vehicle mounted speaker in the first zone; wherein the wearable personal communication device includes at least one of an acoustic input device and output device, the method further including, if the wearable personal communication device is determined to be within the first zone: coupling to signal processing logic at least one of a vehicle speaker in a second zone of the vehicle and a microphone in the second zone of the vehicle; and coupling to the signal processing logic the at least one of the acoustic input device and the output device of the wearable personal communication device.