SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FIXING MISTAKES BY GOING BACK IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120272177A1
• Filed: 04/25/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Vaghefinazari, Pedram, Huang, Ritchie, Yamamoto, Stuart Masakazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,188,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for allowing a user to fix errors in a user input is described. An original user input providing a destination address or a point of interest is received by an in-vehicle computing system. Upon receiving a user input indicating an error in interpreting the original user input, the user is presented with a new query requesting the user to enter a portion of or a category associated with the original input. Once the updated user input providing a portion of the original input is received, the user input is identified and executed based on the original user input entry and the updated user input.

Claims

1. A computer based method of fixing user input errors in a destination address provided to an in-vehicle computing system, the method comprising:

interpreting the destination address received in a first user input;

presenting the destination address;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

identifying a first portion of the destination address that is most likely incorrect, wherein the destination address includes the first portion and a second portion;

requesting a user to re-enter the first portion of the destination address;

receiving a third user input of the first portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the third user input of the first portion of the destination address and the first user input of the second portion of the destination address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting a user to enter the second portion of the destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

receiving a fifth user input of the second portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the first user input of the first portion of the destination address and the fifth user input of the second portion of the destination address.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting a user to re-enter the second portion of the destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

receiving a fifth user input of the second portion of the destination address;

requesting the user to re-enter the first portion of the destination address responsive to the user providing the fifth user input;

receiving a sixth user input of the first portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the fifth user input of the second portion of the destination address and the sixth user input of the first portion of the destination address.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the destination address comprises a street number and name of the destination address.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the destination address comprises city name of the destination address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is received as a speech command, a keypad input and a touch screen input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input indicating an error in the interpreted destination address is provided by the activation of a back button and a back speech command.

8. A system for fixing user input errors in a destination address provided to an in-vehicle computing system, the system comprising:

a computer processor for executing executable computer program code;

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

interpreting the destination address received in a first user input;

presenting the destination address;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

identifying a first portion of the destination address that is most likely incorrect, wherein the destination address includes the first portion and a second portion;

requesting a user to re-enter the first portion of the destination address;

receiving a third user input providing the first portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the third user input of the first portion of the destination address and the first user input of the second portion of the destination address.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

requesting a user to enter the second portion of the destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

receiving a fifth user input providing the second portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the first user input of the first portion of the destination address and the fifth user input of the second portion of the destination address.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

requesting a user to re-enter the second portion of the destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

receiving a fifth user input providing the second portion of the destination address;

requesting the user to re-enter the first portion of the destination address responsive to the user providing the fifth user input;

receiving a sixth user input providing the first portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the fifth user input of the second portion of the destination address and the sixth user input of the first portion of the destination address.

11. A computer program product for fixing user input errors in a destination address provided to an in-vehicle computing system, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:

interpreting the destination address received in a first user input;

presenting the destination address;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the presented destination address;

identifying a first portion of the destination address that is most likely incorrect, wherein the destination address includes the first portion and a second portion;

requesting a user to re-enter the first portion of the destination address;

receiving a third user input providing the first portion of the destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the third user input of the first portion of the destination address and the first user input of the second portion of the destination address.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the identified user input; and

providing a new query requesting a user to input another portion of the first user input received by the in-vehicle system.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user input is received as a speech command and the user inputs are interpreted using a voice recognition system.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the category is selected if it has the most number of entries.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein a category is selected based on preferences provided in a user profile.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein a category includes, restaurant type, park type, album name and artist name.

12. A computer based method of fixing user input errors in an in-vehicle computing system, the method comprising:

interpreting a first user input received by the in-vehicle computing system;

presenting the interpreted input to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the first user input;

identifying a portion of the received input most likely to be incorrect, wherein the input portions include a category of inputs associated with the user input;

providing a new query requesting the user to input a portion of the first input received by the in-vehicle computing system;

receiving a third user input responsive to the new query; and

identifying the user input based on the first user input and the third user input.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing the identified user input to the user; and

retrieving the identified user input if no additional user inputs indicating an error in the identified user input are received by the in-vehicle computing system.

19. A system for providing a human user with a guided movement and feedback, the system comprising:

a computer processor for executing executable computer program code;

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

interpreting a first user input received by the in-vehicle computing system;

presenting the interpreted input to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the first user input;

identifying a portion of the received input most likely to be incorrect, wherein the input portions include a category of inputs associated with the user input;

providing a new query requesting the user to input a portion of the first input received by the in-vehicle computing system;

receiving a third user input responsive to the new query; and

identifying the user input based on the first user input and the third user input.

20. A computer program product for providing a human user with a guided movement and feedback, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing executable computer program code for performing a method comprising:

interpreting a first user input received by the in-vehicle computing system;

presenting the interpreted input to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the first user input;

identifying a portion of the received input most likely to be incorrect, wherein the input portions include a category of inputs associated with the user input;

providing a new query requesting the user to input a portion of the first input received by the in-vehicle computing system;

receiving a third user input responsive to the new query; and

identifying the user input based on the first user input and the third user input.