Patent ID: 8688458

Claim:
A system for adjusting an adjustable element associated with a vehicle, the system-comprising: an actuator adapted to adjust the adjustable element; at least one microphone array for detecting speech from a speaker within the vehicle and generating speech signals corresponding to the detected speech; a localization detector configured to determine a position of the speaker based on the speech signals and configured to output a localization signal that encodes the determined position of the speaker; a speech recognition system configured to receive the speech signals and output a command signal based on content of the speech signals; and a controller for controlling the actuator, the controller adapted to receive the localization signal and the command signal and to control the actuator to adjust the state of the adjustable element on the basis of the determined position of the speaker encoded in the localization signal and the command signal, where the controller is configured to operate the actuator in response to a change in the position of the speaker being greater than a predetermined amount.