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Method and apparatus for operating a user interface

US9489435B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Peter Oel · Redwood City, US
Moritz Neugebauer · Berlin, DE
Michael Mischke · Hannover, DE
Christoph Waeller · Braunschweig, DE
Lorenz Bohrer · San Francisco, US
Jens Ehrke · Gifhorn, DE
Gordon Seitz · Ehra, DE
Stefan Schulz · Berlin, DE
Imke Gaus · Berlin, DE
Oliver Meyer · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2012
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L15/22
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for operating a user interface is provided, in which a first user input is detected, and a confidence analysis is carried out. Different kinds of system responses are generated depending on the result of the confidence analysis, wherein a first kind of system response comprises a system output which requires a second user input, and a second kind of system response comprises the automatic selection of a database entry. A third kind of system response comprises the first and second features, wherein the third kind of system response automatically changes into the first or second kind of system response after the expiry of a period of time. In this case, one of the two first kinds can be set as a standard or “default,” into which the automatic change then takes place after expiry of the period of time without further user interaction.

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