System and method of fixing mistakes by going back in an electronic device

• US 9,188,456 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2011
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Vaghefinazari, Pedram, Huang, Ritchie, Yamamoto, Stuart Masakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US13/093,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20120272177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,667 Days
• Field of Search: 715/780, 715/221, 715/223, 715255-257, 715/705, 715/710, 715/714, 715/727, 715/728, 715/809, 715/816, 701/26, 701/400, 701/410, 701/411, 701/412, 701/416, 701/418, 701/420, 701/421, 701/425, 701/427, 701/443, 701/445, 701/4, 701/53, 701/473, 701/518, 701/533, 701/534, 701/538, 701/539
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• 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: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for allowing a user to fix errors in a user input is described. An original user input providing a destination address or a point of interest is received by an in-vehicle computing system. Upon receiving a user input indicating an error in interpreting the original user input, the user is presented with a new query requesting the user to enter a portion of or a category associated with the original input. Once the updated user input providing a portion of the original input is received, the user input is identified and executed based on the original user input entry and the updated user input.

Claims

1. A computer based method of fixing user input errors in a full string destination address provided to an in-vehicle computing system, the method comprising:

interpreting the full string destination address received in a first user input;

receiving contextual information corresponding to the full string destination address in an additional user input, the contextual information comprising a commercial category associated with a particular point of interest of a plurality of points of interest, the commercial category further specifying a type of the particular point of interest;

presenting the full string destination address;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

identifying, by the in-vehicle computing system, a first portion of the full string destination address that is most likely incorrect using the contextual information, wherein the full string destination address includes the first portion and a second portion;

requesting a user to re-enter the first portion of the full string destination address;

receiving a spoken third user input of the first portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a full string destination address based on the spoken third user input of the first portion of the full string destination address, the contextual information, and the first user input of the second portion of the full string destination address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting a user to enter the second portion of the full string destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

receiving a fifth user input of the second portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a full string destination address based on the first user input of the first portion of the full string destination address and the fifth user input of the second portion of the full string destination address.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting a user to re-enter the second portion of the full string destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

receiving a fifth user input of the second portion of the full string destination address;

requesting the user to re-enter the first portion of the full string destination address responsive to the user providing the fifth user input;

receiving a sixth user input of the first portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a destination address based on the fifth user input of the second portion of the full string destination address and the sixth user input of the first portion of the full string destination address.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the full string destination address comprises a street number and name of the destination address.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the full string destination address comprises city name of the full string destination address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is received as a speech command, a keypad input and a touch screen input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input indicating an error in the interpreted destination address is provided by the activation of a back button and a back speech command.

8. A system for fixing user input errors in a full string destination address provided to an in-vehicle computing system, the system comprising:

a computer processor for executing executable computer program code;

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

interpreting the full string destination address received in a first user input;

receiving contextual information corresponding to the full string destination address in an additional user input, the contextual information comprising a commercial category associated with a particular point of interest of a plurality of points of interest, the commercial category further specifying a type of the particular point of interest;

presenting the full string destination address;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

identifying, by the in-vehicle computing system, a first portion of the full string destination address that is most likely incorrect using the contextual information, wherein the full string destination address includes the first portion and a second portion;

requesting a user to re-enter the first portion of the full string destination address;

receiving a spoken third user input providing the first portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a full string destination address based on the spoken third user input of the first portion of the full string destination address, the contextual information, and the first user input of the second portion of the full string destination address.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

requesting a user to enter the second portion of the full string destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

receiving a full string fifth user input providing the second portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a full string destination address based on the first user input of the first portion of the full string destination address and the fifth user input of the second portion of the full string destination address.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

requesting a user to re-enter the second portion of the full string destination address responsive to receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

receiving a fifth user input providing the second portion of the full string destination address;

requesting the user to re-enter the first portion of the full string destination address responsive to the user providing the fifth user input;

receiving a sixth user input providing the first portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a full string destination address based on the fifth user input of the second portion of the full string destination address and the sixth user input of the first portion of the full string destination address.

11. A computer program product for fixing user input errors in a full string destination address provided to an in-vehicle computing system, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:

interpreting the full string destination address received in a first user input;

receiving contextual information corresponding to the full string destination address in an additional user input, the contextual information comprising a commercial category associated with a particular point of interest of a plurality of points of interest, the commercial category further specifying a type of the particular point of interest;

presenting the full string destination address;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the presented full string destination address;

identifying, by the in-vehicle computing system, a first portion of the full string destination address that is most likely incorrect using the contextual information, wherein the full string destination address includes the first portion and a second portion;

requesting a user to re-enter the first portion of the full string destination address;

receiving a spoken third user input providing the first portion of the full string destination address; and

identifying a full string destination address based on the spoken third user input of the first portion of the full string destination address, the contextual information, and the first user input of the second portion of the full string destination address.

12. A computer based method of fixing user input errors in an in-vehicle computing system, the method comprising:

interpreting an entire first user input received by the in-vehicle computing system, the entire first user input including a full string destination address and contextual information corresponding to the full string destination address, the contextual information comprising a commercial category associated with a particular point of interest of a plurality of points of interest, the commercial category further specifying a type of the particular point of interest;

presenting the interpreted input to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the entire first user input;

identifying, by the in-vehicle computing system, a first portion of the received entire first user input most likely to be incorrect using the contextual information, wherein the input portions include the first portion and a second portion;

providing a new query requesting the user to re-enter the first portion received by the in-vehicle computing system;

receiving a spoken third user input of the first portion responsive to the new query; and

identifying the full string destination address corresponding to the entire first user input based on the entire first user input, the spoken third user input, and the contextual information.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing the identified first portion of the user input to the user; and

retrieving the entire first user input if no additional user inputs indicating an error in the entire first user input are received by the in-vehicle computing system.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a fourth user input indicating an error in the identified first portion of the entire first user input; and

providing a new query requesting a user to input another portion of the entire first user input received by the in-vehicle system.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the entire first user input is received as a speech command and the user inputs are interpreted using a voice recognition system.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the commercial category is selected if it has the most number of entries.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the commercial category is selected based on preferences provided in a user profile.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the commercial category includes, restaurant type, park type, album name and artist name.

19. A system for providing a human user with a guided movement and feedback, the system comprising:

a computer processor for executing executable computer program code;

a computer-readable storage medium containing the executable computer program code for performing a method comprising;

interpreting an entire first user input received by an in-vehicle computing system;

receiving contextual information corresponding to the full string destination address in an additional user input, the contextual information comprising a commercial category associated with a particular point of interest of a plurality of points of interest, the commercial category further specifying a type of the particular point of interest;

presenting the interpreted entire first user input to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the entire first user input;

identifying, by the in-vehicle computing system, a first portion of the received input most likely to be incorrect using the contextual information, wherein the input portions include the first portion and a second portion;

providing a new query requesting the user to re-enter the first portion received by the in-vehicle computing system;

receiving a spoken third user input of the first portion responsive to the new query; and

identifying the full string destination address corresponding to the entire first user input based on the entire first user input, the spoken third user input, and the contextual information.

20. A computer program product for providing a human user with a guided movement and feedback, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing executable computer program code for performing a method comprising:

interpreting an entire first user input received by an in-vehicle computing system, the entire first user input including a full string destination address;

receiving contextual information corresponding to the full string destination address in an additional user input, the contextual information comprising a commercial category associated with a particular point of interest of a plurality of points of interest, the commercial category further specifying a type of the particular point of interest;

presenting the interpreted input to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating an error in the entire first user input;

identifying, by the in-vehicle computing system, a first portion of the received input most likely to be incorrect using the contextual information, wherein the input portions includes the first portion and a second portion;

providing a new query requesting the user to re-enter the first portion received by the in-vehicle computing system;

receiving a spoken third user input of the first portion responsive to the new query; and

identifying the full string destination address corresponding to the entire first user input based on the entire first user input, the spoken third user input, and the contextual information.