Method for the input of a destination and navigation device
First Claim
1. A method for inputting a destination, comprising:
- for a hierarchical set of items that includes (a) a plurality of superordinate categories, and (b), for each of at least one of the superordinate categories, at least one respective subordinate element that is at a hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, performing the following;
for each of the at least one of the superordinate categories, conditional upon that the at least one respective subordinate element, that is of the respective superordinate category and that is at the hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, does not include more than a predefined first threshold number of subordinate elements, replacing the respective superordinate category with its at least one respective subordinate element that is at the hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, wherein the subordinate elements replacing their respective superordinate category are selectable destinations; and
subsequently, in response to a selection of a category of the hierarchical set of items, which selected category is an immediate superordinate of at least one of the superordinate categories for which the replacement was performed, displaying the selectable destinations that replaced the at least one of the superordinate categories instead of the at least one of the superordinate categories.
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Abstract
In a method for the input of a destination, first of all a category selection is made, destinations corresponding to the category selection subsequently being offered for selection, at least a portion of the destinations being assigned to at least one subordinate category that, in each instance, has a superordinate category, characterized in that a category selection is made such that in each case, a superordinate category is displayed for the category selection or the superordinate category is replaced by one or the plurality of categories subordinate to it, and in each instance, a replacement is made when the number of subordinate categories with respect to a superordinate category is less than a predefined first threshold value.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for inputting a destination, comprising:
for a hierarchical set of items that includes (a) a plurality of superordinate categories, and (b), for each of at least one of the superordinate categories, at least one respective subordinate element that is at a hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, performing the following; for each of the at least one of the superordinate categories, conditional upon that the at least one respective subordinate element, that is of the respective superordinate category and that is at the hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, does not include more than a predefined first threshold number of subordinate elements, replacing the respective superordinate category with its at least one respective subordinate element that is at the hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, wherein the subordinate elements replacing their respective superordinate category are selectable destinations; and subsequently, in response to a selection of a category of the hierarchical set of items, which selected category is an immediate superordinate of at least one of the superordinate categories for which the replacement was performed, displaying the selectable destinations that replaced the at least one of the superordinate categories instead of the at least one of the superordinate categories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A navigation device, comprising:
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an input unit; an output unit; and an arithmetic logic unit for executing a computer program to implement a method for inputting a destination, the method including, for a hierarchical set of items that includes (a) a plurality of superordinate categories, and (b), for each of at least one of the superordinate categories, at least one respective subordinate element that is at a hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, performing the following; for each of the at least one of the superordinate categories, conditional upon that the at least one respective subordinate element, that is of the respective superordinate category and that is at the hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, does not include more than a predefined first threshold number of subordinate elements, replacing the respective superordinate category with its at least one respective subordinate element that is at the hierarchical level immediately below the respective superordinate category, wherein the subordinate elements replacing their respective superordinate category are selectable destinations; and subsequently, in response to a selection of a category of the hierarchical set of items, which selected category is an immediate superordinate of at least one of the superordinate categories for which the replacement was performed, displaying the selectable destinations that replaced the at least one of the superordinate categories instead of the at least one of the superordinate categories.
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