Vehicle Radio Speech Processing via Contextual Vocabulary

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional systems for language processing with radio devices are ineffective in processing speech inputs for controlling radio functions in vehicles, particularly due to limited processing power and lack of contextual information about radio stations and media.

Innovation Solution

The system receives radio broadcast information and modifies the vocabulary accordingly, allowing for accurate interpretation of speech inputs to control radio devices within vehicles by transmitting user intents to a secondary electronic device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional speech processing systems are used in vehicles, then device complexity is reduced, but language processing accuracy deteriorates due to lack of contextual information about radio stations and media

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelanguage processing accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a digital assistant as an intermediary component that bridges the speech processing system and the radio device. The digital assistant receives speech inputs, accesses contextual information about radio stations and media through a vocabulary module, and translates user intent into device-specific commands. This intermediary approach improves language processing accuracy without requiring the radio device itself to become more complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a new dimension to the speech processing system by incorporating contextual information from radio broadcast data and media metadata. Instead of processing only raw speech signals, the system now operates in an enhanced dimensional space that includes contextual knowledge about available radio stations, genres, and media content, thereby improving accuracy without fundamentally changing the core radio device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If speech inputs are used to control radio functions in vehicles, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to limited processing power and lack of contextual information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of radio controlVSAvoidspeech processing reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading and maintaining a vocabulary of radio station names, genres, and media metadata before speech inputs are received. This pre-prepared contextual information is stored and readily accessible when the user provides speech commands, ensuring reliable interpretation even in the limited processing environment of a vehicle radio system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces direct mechanical processing of speech commands by the radio device with an intelligent software-based digital assistant that uses natural language processing algorithms. This substitution allows for more robust and reliable interpretation of speech inputs by leveraging contextual understanding rather than simple keyword matching, improving reliability while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If radio broadcast information is integrated into speech processing, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to vocabulary modification requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptation to radio contextVSAvoidvocabulary processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the vocabulary processing function into a separate digital assistant module that operates independently from the core radio device. The vocabulary of radio stations and media metadata is maintained and modified in this separate module, allowing the radio device to remain simple while gaining adaptive capabilities through the integrated digital assistant that can interpret speech inputs in the context of available radio content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12328181B2Methods and systems for language processing with radio devices
Publication Date: 2025.06.10 APPLE INC
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AI summary

Systems and processes for language processing with radio devices are provided. For example, radio broadcast information is received at a first electronic device, and a vocabulary is modified based on the received radio broadcast information. A speech input is received from a user of the first electronic device. A user intent of the speech input is obtained based on the modified vocabulary. A request is transmitted, based on the user intent, to a second electronic device.