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Patent No.:

US 9645640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2014

Device and method for navigating within a menu for controlling a vehicle, and selecting a menu entry from the menu

Applicant:

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Siegel, Ingolstadt, DE;

Michael Reichel, Ingolstadt, DE;

Peter Bargfrede, Ingolstadt, DE;

Assignee:

AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:

Staas & Halsey LLP

Primary Examiner:

Benjamin C Lee

Assistant Examiner:

Xuemei Zheng

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/012 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1004 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1052 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2052 (2013.01); B60K 2350/901 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract

A menu including at least one menu entry and/or a menu entry from the menu, is selected by using a menu navigation device. The device can control the vehicle by at least one head movement of a driver and includes a camera which is designed to be worn on the head of the driver to capture camera data corresponding to a field of vision of the driver, a processor unit which is configured to generate a compilation of menu entries as a function of at least one predetermined viewing direction which corresponds to the direction of a field of vision of the driver and/or a position of the driver's head, and a display for outputting the menu entries.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Siegel, Andreas. (2017). Device and method for navigating within a menu for controlling a vehicle, and selecting a menu entry from the menu (U.S. Patent No. 9645640). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9645640

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