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, 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 so compared database entry is assigned a value of a confidence measure, which assesses a correspondence between the first user input and the database entry; and generating different kinds of system responses, which differ from one another in at least one feature, depending on a result of the confidence analysis, the system responses comprising:
a first kind of system response comprising, as a distinguishing first feature, a system output which requests a second user input;a second kind of system response comprising, as a distinguishing second feature, an automatic selection of the database entry; anda third kind of system response comprising the first and second feature, wherein the third kind of system response automatically changes into the first kind or system response or the second kind of system response after a period of time has elapsed, and wherein with a sufficiently unambiguous result of the confidence analysis, a function on the basis of a selected database entry is immediately activated, whereas with a less unambiguous result of the confidence analysis, the function on the basis of a selected database entry is activated after a further period of time has elapsed.