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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Steffen Thiel, Langen, DE;
Ralf Hahn, Mainz-Kastel, DE;
Ute Gappa, Frankfurt, DE;
Uwe Werner, Frankfurt, DE;
Peter Lutz, Glashuetten, DE;
Steffen Thiel, Langen, DE;
Ralf Hahn, Mainz-Kastel, DE;
Ute Gappa, Frankfurt, DE;
Uwe Werner, Frankfurt, DE;
Peter Lutz, Glashuetten, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A control device and a corresponding control method are provided for establishing an information-output ranking of a plurality of information sources, in particular audio sources. In order to output the information of the information sources to a common information-output device, the information-output ranking is established in pairs for the audio sources which is in the form of an audio-output matrix having a nonlinear order with respect to the matrix elements, and wherein each matrix element of the information-output matrix is used to determine the priority of a corresponding information source with respect to another information source. A conflict among competing information outputs is solved in this manner.