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==Background==
==Background==
Modern [[Ford]] vehicles - like many others from competing car makers - have been relying increasingly on a touch screen display instead of knobs and buttons. As a consequence, drivers have been relying increasingly on voice commands to interact with the Human Machine Interface<ref>https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/automotive-hmi-market-105702</ref>, as it is more convenient and can be safer for music and navigation tasks.<ref>https://www.trl.co.uk/uploads/trl/documents/PPR948-_IAM-RoadSmart---infotainment-sim-study.pdf</ref>  
Modern [[Ford]] vehicles - like many others from competing car makers - have been relying increasingly on a touch screen display instead of knobs and buttons. As a consequence, drivers have been relying increasingly on voice commands to interact with the Human Machine Interface,<ref>https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/automotive-hmi-market-105702</ref> as it is more convenient and can be safer for music and navigation tasks.<ref>https://www.trl.co.uk/uploads/trl/documents/PPR948-_IAM-RoadSmart---infotainment-sim-study.pdf</ref>  


The patent presented in this article outlines new ways in which [[Ford]] could monetize the data extracted by its vehicles thanks to the integration of microphones in the vehicle paired with efforts to improve voice recognition and permissive data privacy laws.
The patent presented in this article outlines new ways in which [[Ford]] could monetize the data extracted by its vehicles thanks to the integration of microphones in the vehicle paired with efforts to improve voice recognition and permissive data privacy laws.