Motor vehicle device operation with operating correction

• US 9,812,129 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Engelhardt, Doreen, Paulick, Jana, Tellermann, Kerstin, Schadl, Sarah
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Jialong
• Application Number:
  US15/327,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20170169821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results

Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle operating device to carry out with voice control two operating steps. A first vocabulary is set, which is provided for the first operating step, to a speech recognition device. Based on the first set vocabulary, a first recognition result is generated and the first operating step is carried out. A second vocabulary, which is provided for the second operating step, is then set to the speech recognition device and a second speech input is received. A repetition recognition device recognizes during or after the second speech input a correction request of the user. The first operating step is then reversed for the device and the first vocabulary is reinstalled again for the speech recognition device. The first operating step is repeated based on a second recognition result that is detected in dependence on a part of the second speech input.

Claims

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle operating device based on voice control with first and second operating steps that are based on each other in a device of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a first vocabulary, provided for the first operating step, is set with a speech recognition device and

on the basis of the set first vocabulary, a first recognition result is generated for a first speech input of a user,

the first operating step is carried out based on the first recognition result and

instead of the first vocabulary, a second vocabulary, which is at least partially different from the first vocabulary, is set for the speech recognition device and

a second speech input of the user is detected,

wherein a repetition device recognizes a correction request of a user with or after the detection of the second speech input and reactivates the first vocabulary for the speech recognition device instead of the second vocabulary, and a second recognition result is generated on the basis of the reactivated first vocabulary based on at least one part of the second speech input, and the first operating step is carried out one more time based on the second recognition result.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first vocabulary and the second vocabulary determines a plurality of usable speech commands, and in the second vocabulary, the speech commands for controlling the first operating step are missing.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the correction request is recognized with the repetition recognition device and based on:

a duration of a speech pause, extended from the carrying out of the first operating step until the beginning of the second speech input;

or

an activation signal of an operating element, which the user activates during the second speech input.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the the first operating step and the reactivation of the first vocabulary is carried out by the operating device without the participation of the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the voice control over both operating steps is carried out through a speech dialog system and a previous dialog state is set for the reactivation of the first vocabulary for the speech dialog system.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first operating step and the second operating step relate to:

a database search in an address book, or

a step-wise route planning for navigation assistance, or

the establishing of a telephone connection with a telephony system.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the setting of the second vocabulary, a command display is shown, which indicates to the user how a correction request is to be signaled.