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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Lorenz Bohrer, Berlin, DE;
Christof Bobzin, Braunschweig, DE;
Lorenz Bohrer, Berlin, DE;
Christof Bobzin, Braunschweig, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a device in a vehicle, an operating step is selected and a function associated with the operating step is performed. The operation of selecting the operating step automatically activates a voice controller for input following the operating step. An apparatus for operating a device in a vehicle has a display apparatus for displaying operating steps, a first operating unit for haptic input for selecting an operating step, a voice control unit for voice input for selecting an operating step, and a control unit which is coupled to the display apparatus, the first operating unit and the voice control unit and can be used to generate control signals for performing a function associated with a selected operating step. The control unit is designed in such a manner that the operation of selecting an operating step automatically activates the voice control unit for input following the operating step.