US 2020/0026534 A1 · METHOD FOR PROCESSING A USER INPUT AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for processing a user input in a vehicle, in which a suitable subset is selected based on a result of an evaluation of the user input from a superset of personal data records. For each data record of the subset, a frequency value is then determined corresponding to a respective frequency of use. The subset is output to the user adapted to the frequency values. In order to offer a particularly efficient operability, it is provided that the superset is retrieved from a mobile terminal and stored in a memory device of the vehicle before the subset is selected. For adapting the output to the user, the determined frequency values of the data records of the subset are checked for a predetermined selection criterion, at the fulfillment of which the data record with the highest frequency value is determined as a VIP data record and marked and/or preselected upon an output to the user.

Claims12

Dependent claims

1-10. (canceled)

A method for processing a user input from a user for a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps:

retrieving, by a data processing device, a superset of data records from a mobile terminal other than the motor vehicle;
storing, by a memory device, the superset of data records;
evaluating, by the data processing device, the user input to provide a result;
selecting, by the data processing device, a subset of data records suitable for the user input from the superset of data records based on the result;
determining, by the data processing device, a frequency value for each data record of the subset of data records, the frequency value corresponding to a respective number of previous uses of each data record;
outputting, by an output device, the subset of data records based on the frequency values to the user;
determining, by the output device, a particular frequency value of a particular data record of the subset of data records having the highest value among the frequency values of all the data records of the subset of data records;
determining, by the output device, the particular frequency value of the particular data record that meets a predetermined selection criterion, wherein the predetermined selection criterion is whether a relative value is greater than a predefined threshold value, wherein the relative value is:
a ratio of the particular frequency value to a second highest frequency value among the frequency values of all the subset of data records, or
a ratio of the particular frequency value to a sum of all frequency values of the subset of data records;
designating, by the output device, the particular data record as a VIP data record;
preselecting, by the output device, the VIP data record;
marking, by the output device, the VIP data record;
and
outputting, by the output device, the VIP data record to the user.

12 more elements

A motor vehicle comprising:

a data processing device configured to:
retrieve a superset of data records from a mobile terminal other than the motor vehicle;
evaluate a user input from a user to provide a result;
select a subset of data records suitable for the user input from the superset of data records based on the result;
determine a frequency value for each data record of the subset of data records, the frequency value corresponding to a respective number of previous uses of each data record;
determine a particular frequency value of a particular data record of the subset of data records having the highest value among the frequency values of all the data records of the subset of data records;
determine whether the particular frequency value of the particular data record meets a predetermined selection criterion, wherein the predetermined selection criterion is whether a relative value is greater than a predefined threshold value, wherein the relative value is:
a ratio of the particular frequency value to a second highest frequency value among the frequency values of all the subset of data records, or
a ratio of the particular frequency value to a sum of all frequency values of the subset of data records;
and
an output device configured to:
output the subset of data records based on the frequency values to the user;
designate the particular data record as a VIP data record;
preselect the VIP data record;
mark the VIP data record;
and
output the VIP data record to the user;
and
a data interface configured to:
connect the motor vehicle and the mobile terminal;
exchange data between the data processing device and the mobile terminal;
and
a memory device configured to:
store the superset of data records;
and
store a program code executable by the data processing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/342,478Filed 17 Oct 2017

Priority

DE 10 2016 221 466.72 Nov 2016

Published

23 Jan 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06F 9/451
Arrangements for executing specific programs: execution arrangements for user interfaces
H04M 1/6075
Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use: adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

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