Providing an Input for an Operating Element
First Claim
1. A method for providing an input for an operating element from a plurality of operating elements, wherein a function is assigned to each operating element, the method comprising the acts of:
- determining, via an eye gaze detecting device, an operating element to which a user directs his/her gaze from a plurality of operating elements, and assigning the gaze to the determined operating element;
singling-out the determined operating element, wherein each of the plurality of operating elements are individually capable of being singled-out;
receiving, at an input device, an input of the user; and
assigning the received input to the function assigned to the determined operating element.
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Abstract
A method is provided for obtaining an input for an operating element from a plurality of operating elements, a function being assigned to each operating element. Each operating element is capable of being individually singled-out. The method determines an operating element, to which the user directs his/her gaze, from the plurality of operating elements, based on detecting the user'"'"'s gaze and assigns the gaze to the determined operating element. The method singles-out the determined operating element. The method receives an input at an input device, and assigns the input to the function assigned to the determined operating element.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for providing an input for an operating element from a plurality of operating elements, wherein a function is assigned to each operating element, the method comprising the acts of:
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determining, via an eye gaze detecting device, an operating element to which a user directs his/her gaze from a plurality of operating elements, and assigning the gaze to the determined operating element; singling-out the determined operating element, wherein each of the plurality of operating elements are individually capable of being singled-out; receiving, at an input device, an input of the user; and assigning the received input to the function assigned to the determined operating element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A motor vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of operating elements, each operating element having a function of the vehicle assigned thereto, wherein each operating element is able to be individually singled-out; an input device configured to receive inputs of a user of the motor vehicle; an eye gaze detecting device configured to detect to which of the plurality of operating elements the user of the motor vehicle is directing his/her gaze; and an electronic processing unit coupled to the eye gaze detecting device, input device and the plurality of operating elements, the electronic processing unit executing a program to; determine, via an eye gaze detecting device, an operating element to which a user directs his/her gaze from a plurality of operating elements, and assign the gaze to the determined operating element; single-out the determined operating element; receive, at the input device, an input of the user; and assign the received input to the function assigned to the determined operating element.
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10. A method for providing an input for an operating element from a plurality of operating elements, wherein a function is assigned to each operating element, the method comprising the acts of:
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determining, via an eye gaze detecting system, an operating element of the plurality of operating elements to which a user directs his/her gaze, and assigning the gaze to the determined operating element; singling-out the determined operating element; selecting a set of user input gestures for the determined operating element; detecting an input gesture of the user; determining whether the detected input gesture of the user is one input gesture from the selected set of input gestures; and assigning the input gesture to the function assigned to the determined operating element when the input gesture is an input gesture from the selected set of gestures. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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