Device with a human-machine interface
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1. A method for processing user inputs comprising:
- sensing a provisional user manifestation with respect to a function invoking elements of a user interface device;
awaiting sensing of a subsequent confirmatory user manifestation with respect to the function invoking element;
recognizing passage of a predetermined period of time during which said awaiting has occurred; and
providing an identification of the element upon such recognizing.
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Abstract
A device with a human-machine interface for use as a user control interface, particularly in a an automotive environment, which temporarily indication of the function of a control organ perceptible, when the user begins to actuate it, but has not yet definitively actuated it. The device with a human-machine interface helps the user to find the right control organ, or warms about dangerous control organs. Moreover, ways to finding groups of control organs and verifying the setting of groups of control organs are made possible.
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1. A method for processing user inputs comprising:
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sensing a provisional user manifestation with respect to a function invoking elements of a user interface device;
awaiting sensing of a subsequent confirmatory user manifestation with respect to the function invoking element;
recognizing passage of a predetermined period of time during which said awaiting has occurred; and
providing an identification of the element upon such recognizing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing user inputs comprising the acts of:
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detecting a pre-selection action by a user with respect to a function invoking element of a user interface device;
awaiting detection of a subsequent selection action by the user with respect to the function invoking element;
recognizing passage of a predetermined period of time during which said awaiting has occurred; and
providing an identification of the function of the element upon such recognizing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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