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US 6,675,147 B1Granted
Input method for a driver information system
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsStefan Woestemeyer, Ulrich Gaertner, Christopher Pflug, Martin Kossira
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Abstract
A method for input of a sequence of letters and/or numbers in a driver information system provides for input of individual symbols of the sequence of letters and/or numbers either by input of speech information or pressing a key. Especially it is possible to switch between input by means of the key or speech during input of a single sequence.
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A method of input of a sequence of letters and/or numbers to a driver information system comprises the steps of:
- a) activating the input of the sequence of the letters and/or the numbers;
- b) inquiring whether speech information is provided for the driver information system or whether a key of the driver information system has been pressed;
- c) acquiring one of the letters of the sequence defined by the speech information or one of the numbers of the sequence defined by the speech information when the speech information has been provided to the driver information system and acquiring one of the letters of the sequence defined by pressing the key or one of the numbers of the sequence defined by pressing the key when the key has been pressed;
- d) ending the input of the sequence of the letters and/or the numbers by entry of a predetermined word or by pressing another key of the driver information system;
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- e) during the input of the sequence of letters and/or numbers, switching at least once between entry of said sequence by means of pressing said key and said speech information.
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