Method of Supporting The User Of A Voice Input System

• US 20080033727A1
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Huber, Alexander, Eckert, Jochen
• Application Number:
  US11/832,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20080033727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

In the case of a method of supporting the user of a voice input system by which a quantity of potential voice commands is visually issued to the user, the voice commands are at least partially issued acoustically to the user in a successive manner and, during the acoustic output of a voice command, the same voice command is highlighted in the visual output.

Claims

1. Method of supporting the user of a voice input system by which a quantity of potential voice commands is visually issued to the user, wherein the voice commands are at least partially issued acoustically to the user in a successive manner and, during the acoustic output of a voice command, the same voice command is highlighted in the visual output.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the visual output at least partially takes place in a list form.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the visual output at least partially takes place in a symbol form.

4. Method according to claim 2, wherein the visual output at least partially takes place in a symbol form.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the visual output takes place at least partially in a text form by using abbreviations.

6. Method according to claim 3, wherein the visual output takes place at least partially in a text form by using abbreviations.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the time sequence of the voice commands in the acoustic output differs from the arranging sequence of the corresponding voice commands in the visual output.

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein the time sequence of the voice commands in the acoustic output is selected depending on the situation.

9. Method according to claim 8, wherein the arranging sequence of the voice commands in the visual output is defined independently of the situation.

10. Method according to claim 1, wherein the voice input system is used for controlling at least one function of the motor vehicle.

11. Method according to claim 10, wherein the visual output takes place by an onboard monitor or a head-up display of the motor vehicle.

12. A method of supporting the user of a voice input system, comprising the acts of:

visually issuing a quantity of potential voice commands to the user, wherein the voice commands are at least partially issued acoustically to the user in a successive manner, and

highlighting a voice command in a visual output during an acoustic output of the voice command.