METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROACTIVE DIALOGUE GUIDANCE

• US 20160049149A1
• Filed: 03/29/2014
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: LACHER, PETER
• Application Number:
  US14/779,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20160049149A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/148 Instrument input by voice
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

In a method for the proactive guidance of an information system with a user, information potentially to be transmitted to the user by the information system, which is built into a vehicle or another mobile technical system, passes through a relevance and/or plausibility check based on contextual knowledge about the user and, on detection of information to be transmitted, the information system proactively initiates a dialogue with the user. A corresponding system is also described.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A method for proactive dialogue guidance of an information system with a user, comprising:

passing information that is potentially to be transmitted to the user from the information system, which is integrated in a vehicle or in another mobile technical system, through a relevance or a plausibility check, or both, based on contextual knowledge about the user, and

initiating with the information system proactively a dialogue with the user upon detection of information to be transmitted.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the proactively initiated dialog of the information system with the user is performed in form of speech.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the proactively initiated dialog of the information system with the user is started by a question.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a response by the user to the proactive initiation of the dialogue by the information system with the user is used as an information base for controlling additional method steps performed by the information system.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein information relevant for the user is transmitted to the information system by or via at least one of the following information carriers or information channels:

optical data carrier, storage medium, network, especially wireless network, radio link, input via an operating element, input via language.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein processes controlling the information system are carried out in the background and not noticed by the user.

15. An information system for proactive dialogue guidance with a user, comprising at least the following operatively connected components:

a microphone configured to receive acoustic commands,

a speech output device for acoustic signals,

a computing element configured to perform necessary calculations necessary for a plausibility or a relevance check, or both, and

a receiving unit for receiving information of potential relevance for the driver,

wherein the information system is configured such that information to be potentially transmitted to the user from the information system passes the relevance check or the plausibility check, or both, based on contextual knowledge about the user.

16. The information system of claim 15, wherein information, which was determined based on a response from the user, or information based on a proactive dialogue initiated by a question of the information system, is reproduced by optical and/or audible signal transducers.