Method and apparatus for operating a user interface

摘要

A method and apparatus for operating a user interface is provided, in which a first user input is detected, and a confidence analysis is carried out. Different kinds of system responses are generated depending on the result of the confidence analysis, wherein a first kind of system response comprises a system output which requires a second user input, and a second kind of system response comprises the automatic selection of a database entry. A third kind of system response comprises the first and second features, wherein the third kind of system response automatically changes into the first or second kind of system response after the expiry of a period of time. In this case, one of the two first kinds can be set as a standard or “default,” into which the automatic change then takes place after expiry of the period of time without further user interaction.

主权项

1. A method for operating a user interface, the method comprising:
detecting a first user input; performing a confidence analysis, during which the first user input is compared with a plurality of stored database entries and each compared database entry is assigned a value of a confidence measure, which assesses a correspondence between the first user input and database entry; and generating different types of system responses that differ from one another in at least one feature, based on a result of the confidence analysis, wherein a first type of system response comprises, as a distinguishing first feature, a system output that requests a second user input, wherein a second type of system response comprises, as a distinguishing second feature, an automatic selection of a database entry, wherein a third type of system response comprises the first and second feature, the third type of system response automatically changing into the first or second type of system response after an elapse of a period of time, wherein, based on the result of the confidence analysis, the activation of a function based on a selected database entry occurs, wherein the activation of the function occurs based on a database entry having a highest confidence measure, and wherein the plurality of database entries are graphically displayed on a map and a separate table, the table comprising a first column listing the plurality of database entries and a second column listing the confidence measure for each of the plurality of database entries.