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System-initiated help function for operating an apparatus associated with a vehicle-input of spaces

  • US 10,152,223 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2014
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a system-initiated help for operating a device allocated to a vehicle, comprising:

  • receiving at an operating facility, characters input by a user, that can be assembled to form a group of characters;

    displaying by a display the characters and group of characters in at least one input field;

    while receiving characters input by the user at the operating facility, using a processor to recognize with a predeterminable degree of probability based on the characters, whether a space will or must be input by a user as a next input action before a next character;

    when it is recognized that a space will or must be input by a user, providing, by a processor, help information to the user, the help information providing assistance to the user on how to operate the operating facility to input a space at the operating facility by an operating action, immediately before the next character, whereinthe help information is acoustically output by a loudspeaker and/or visually output by displaying an assistance to the user on a display device separate from any display device functioning as the operating facility.

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