Daimler Chrysler Ag

Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh

Mercedes-benz Group Ag

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Frank Reh

Fritz Class

Thomas Kuhn

Gerhard Nüssle

Paul Heisterkamp

Klaus Bader

Christian Heinrich

Walter Stammler

Gerhard Nuessle

Carsten-Uwe Moller

Burkard Buschkühl

Carsten-Uwe M&ouml;ller

Baerbel Jeschke

Carsten-Uwe Moeller

Carsten-Uwe Möller

Felix Schüssel

Andreas Luft

Felix Schuessel

In a method for adjusting a vehicle component a function of an operating element is selected by a first operating process and the vehicle component is adjusted by a second operating process carried out manually on the operating element. The first operating process is caused by a speech input, a gesture, and/or a gaze.

Method and device for adjusting a vehicle component

A speech dialogue system (SDS) is provided for carrying out a speech dialogue with a user to control an electronic device. The SDS includes a speech dialogue interruption unit for interrupting the speech dialogue and a speech dialogue continuation unit for continuing the interrupted speech dialogue. The system provides a method of conducting the speech dialogue between the speech dialogue system and a user. The method provides the steps of interrupting the speech dialogue upon receipt of a predetermined pause command from the user or from an electronic device. The method continues the speech dialogue with the speech dialogue system when the user or the electronic device provides a predetermined continuation command to the SDS. The method further allows the canceling of the speech dialogue when the user provides a predetermined cancellation command to the SDS.

Speech dialogue system for dialogue interruption and continuation control

A speech dialog system wherein a process for automatic control of devices by speech dialog is used applying methods of speech input, speech signal processing and speech recognition, syntatical-grammatical postediting as well as dialog, executive sequencing and interface control, and which is characterized in that syntax and command structures are set during real-time dialog operation; preprocessing, recognition and dialog control are designed for operation in a noise-encumbered environment; no user training is required for recognition of general commands; training of individual users is necessary for recognition of special commands; the input of commands is done in linked form, the number of words used to form a command for speech input being variable; a real-time processing and execution of the speech dialog is established; and the speech input and output is done in the hands-free mode.

Process for automatic control of one or more devices by voice commands or by real-time voice dialog and apparatus for carrying out this process

An information system for providing explanatory information on functional elements or controls in motor vehicles. The respective functional element or control which is of interest is located with a hand-held computer-supported pointer and the locating data are transferred to a computer-supported controlled and output unit in which a stored information text is selected, using this locating data, and is output to the user via a voice response system.

Information system for providing explanatory information on functional elements or controls in motor vehicles

The invention describes an operating system which comprises a voice-operated device and an actuating device, various operating functions being assigned to the actuating device by means of the voice-operated device. According to the invention, the actuating device has several degrees of adjusting freedom and types of a haptic acknowledgment which can be set depending on the assigned operating function.

Operating system, particularly for components in a motor vehicle using speech recognition

In a method for real time speech input of a destination address into a navigation system, the speech statements that are entered by a user are recognized by a speech recognition device and classified in accordance with their recognition probability. The speech statement with the greatest recognition probability is identified as the input speech statement, with at least one speech statement being an admissible speech command that activates the operating functions of the navigation system associated with this speech command. (All the admissible speech statements being stored in at least one database.) According to the invention, at least one operating function of the navigation system comprises an input dialogue. Following activation of that operating function, depending on the input dialogue, at least one lexicon is generated in real time from the admissible speech statements stored in at least one database, and the generated lexicon is loaded as vocabulary into the speech recognition device.

Process and apparatus for real-time verbal input of a target address of a target address system

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Schwieberdingen, Germany

Frank Reh