ERIC RANDELL SCHMIDT
Pilots at Merion Ct, Northville, MI

8452533, May 28, 2013

Sep 7, 2010

12/876420

Jeffrey Edward Pierfelice - Canton MI, US
Eric Randell Schmidt - Northville MI, US

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

G01C 21/34, G01S 1/00, G06F 19/00

701427, 701451, 701488, 4554121, 704275

A navigation system for an automotive vehicle capable of communicating with a remote communication device includes a host communication device connected to the remote communication device over a communication network to transmit voice data. A hands free communication unit having a speaker and a microphone is configured to connect with the host communication device so as to communicate with the remote communication device through the speaker and microphone. The vehicle navigation system also includes a voice recognition engine in communication with the hands free communication unit through a voice data link. A route generation unit is connected to the hands free communication unit and the voice recognition engine. The hands free communication unit is capable of transmitting the voice data originating from the remote communication device to the voice recognition engine over the voice data link. The voice recognition engine processes the voice data to extract a destination which is transferred to the route generation unit to determine a navigation route.

2012016, Jun 28, 2012

Dec 28, 2010

12/980220

Jeffrey Edward Pierfelice - Canton MI, US
Eric Randell Schmidt - Northville MI, US

H04W 92/18, G06F 7/04

340 583, 455 661, 340 581, 340 582, 455 413

A mobile device connection system may identify a mobile device of a present driver and prioritize a wireless connection between the identified mobile device and a built-in hands-free device located in a motor vehicle. In one embodiment, the mobile device connection system may include a sensor and a controller. The sensor may be configured to sense an identity of a driver when the driver is within a proximity of the motor vehicle and generate a signal based on the sensed identity. The controller may be coupled to the sensor, and it may be configured to identify the mobile device based on the signal from the sensor, search and detect the identified mobile device, and establish a wireless connection between the detected mobile device and the built-in hands-free device.

2012025, Oct 4, 2012

Mar 29, 2011

13/074930

Mark Aleksandar Jotanovic - Saline MI, US
Eric Randell Schmidt - Northville MI, US
Jeffrey Edward Pierfelice - Canton MI, US

TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. - Erlanger KY

G06F 17/30

707769, 707812, 707E17014

A media content delivery interface for delivering media content based on a geographic location of a user. The media content delivery interface may include a mapping device configured to receive a positioning signal and determine a geographic location of a media playing device based on the positioning signal, a processor configured to receive the geographic location from the mapping device and generate a search signal for searching a media database for a media file having a geographic property related to the geographic location, and a distribution device coupled to the processor, configured to selectively distribute the searched media file from the media database to the media player device.

2014008, Mar 20, 2014

Sep 14, 2012

13/618061

Sean Lee Helm - Saline MI, US
Eric Randell Schmidt - Northville MI, US
Bryan Yamasaki - Ann Arbor MI, US

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

H04B 15/00, H04B 7/26, H04B 17/00, H04W 88/06

4554261

A system and method, automatically adaptable for use on multiple platforms, configured to reduce echoes heard by an end user of a remote communication device is provided. The system is configured to transmit communication from the remote communication device to a speaker, and to pick up communication from the microphone to the remote communication device. The system and method is directed towards emitting a test signal and processing the signal so as to calculate a phase shift to be applied to an outgoing auditory signal. The calculated phase shift is configured to cancel the test signal.

2012008, Apr 12, 2012

Oct 12, 2010

12/902406

Eric Randell Schmidt - Northville MI, US
Jeffrey Edward Pierfelice - Canton MI, US

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

G01C 21/34

701445, 701437

Systems and methods for determining a destination location from a communication are described. One embodiment of a method includes receiving electronic communications data from a mobile communications device, at a computing device. The electronic communications data is parsed to identify a partial address term of interest related to the destination location in the electronic communications data. A position of the destination location is determined from the partial address term of interest. Routing data of a vehicle from a current location of the vehicle to the destination location is determined and provided to a user of the vehicle.