DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE AND HAVING A SPELLING SYSTEM WITH A COMPLETION INDICATION

• US 20160025511A1
• Filed: 03/06/2014
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Bouaziz, Tahar, Betz, Michael, Angelescu, Emanuel, Steinle, Juergen, Koeberle, Carolin
• Granted Patent: US 10,539,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle-associated device with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit 1, selectable characters and/or symbols can be displayed in at least one selection field 2, and selected characters, symbols, a character or function group can be displayed in at least one input field 3, with a storage device with data stored therein, and with a data processing unit for selecting data from data stored in the storage device, on the basis of predeterminable criteria and taking into consideration the characters and/or symbols selected so far by a user, wherein the device is set up in order to display, on the display unit 1, a completion designation 4 in the area of the selection field 2 in the immediate vicinity of a character or symbol selected most recently by a user, to the extent that a possible completion of the character(s) and/or symbol(s) selected so far is determined by the data processing unit on the basis of the data in the storage device and taking into consideration the character(s) and/or symbol(s) selected by a user so far, the completion designation 4 can be selected by a user using the operating unit or a selection designation can be positioned automatically on the completion designation 4, and a displayed completion suggestion can be selected by a user using the operating unit.

Claims

1. Vehicle-associated device with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit (1), selectable characters and/or symbols can be displayed in at least one selection field (2), and selected characters, symbols, a character or function group can be displayed in at least one input field (3), with a storage device with data stored therein, and with a data processing unit for selecting data from data stored in the storage device, on the basis of predeterminable criteria and taking into consideration the characters and/or symbols selected so far by a user,

characterized in that

the device is set up

in order to display, on the display unit (1), a completion designation (4) in the area of the selection field (2) in the immediate vicinity of a character or symbol selected most recently by a user, to the extent that a possible completion of the character(s) and/or symbol(s) selected so far is determined by the data processing unit on the basis of the data in the storage device and taking into consideration the character(s) and/or symbol(s) selected by a user so far;

the completion designation (4) can be selected by a user using the operating unit or a selection designation can be positioned automatically on the completion designation (4), and

a displayed completion suggestion can be selected by a user using the operating unit.

2. Device according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the device is set up

in order to display the completion designation (4) immediately to the right or immediately to the left next to the character or symbol selected most recently by a user.

3. Device according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized in that

the device is set up

so that, in the case where the completion designation (4) is selected by a user using the operating unit or a selection designation is automatically positioned on the completion designation (4),

in addition to the completion designation (4) and/or the selection designation, at least one completion suggestion (5) is automatically displayed in the area of the input field (3), wherein, optionally, an additional graphic element (6) is displayed, which extends from the area of the displayed completion designation (4) to the area of the at least one completion suggestion (5).

4. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the device is also set up

in order to display, in the area of the selection field (2), a deletion designation (7) in the immediate vicinity of the character or symbol selected most recently by a user.

5. Device according to claim 4,

characterized in that

the device is set up

in order to display, in the area of the selection field (2), a completion designation (4) immediately to the right next to the character or symbol selected most recently by a user and a deletion designation (7) immediately to the left next to the character or symbol selected most recently by a user.

6. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the device is set up

in order to display the selection designation and/or the completion designation (4) in the form of a cursor, a horizontal line, a marking and/or framing.

7. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the device is set up

in order to display selectable characters and/or symbols in the at least one selection field (2) in a single-row, linear arrangement using the display unit (1).

8. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the device is set up

in order to assemble certain characters and/or symbols in the form of at least one group and in order to display the at least one group in the selection field (2) in the form of a group symbol (8).

9. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the operating unit comprises at least one turn/push knob, joystick, touchpad, touch-sensitive display unit and/or device for voice input and voice recognition.

10. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

it comprises a smart speller by means of which a selected character or symbol or sequence of selected characters and/or symbols can be compared with data stored in the storage device, and

the device is set up in order to display, in the at least one selection field (2), only those characters and/or symbols which are eligible as next character and/or symbol on the basis of the selected character(s) or symbol(s) and on the basis of the data present in the storage device.