Communication system and method for representing information in a communication

US9026449B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Sellschopp · Dachau, DE
• Valentin Nicolescu · Munich, DE
• Helmut Krcmar · Kranzberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2009
• Grant date: May 5, 2015
• Expiry date: May 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/161
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a communication system having a display unit (2) and a virtual being (3) that can be visually represented on the display unit (2) and that is designed for communication by means of natural speech with a natural person, wherein at least one interaction symbol (6, 7) that can be represented on the display unit (2) and by means of which the natural speech dialog between the virtual being (3) and the natural person is supported such that an achieved dialog state can be indicated and/or additional information depending on the dialog state achieved and/or information can be redundantly invoked. The invention further relates to a method for representing information of a communication between a virtual being and a natural person.