Method and apparatus for providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle, in which a structured volume of data is stored which relates to the scope of functions of at least one function. At least two hierarchically related modes of operation are predetermined which each produce and each at least partially display a user menu with controllable graphic objects on the basis of a predetermined subset of the structured volume of data, wherein a hierarchically higher mode of operation is based on a hierarchically higher subset of the structured volume of data.

主权项

1. A method for providing a user interface in a vehicle in which a structured volume of data is stored which relates to the scope of functions of at least one function the method comprising:
predetermining at least two hierarchically related subsets of the structured volume of data, wherein a hierarchically higher subset of the structured volume of data comprises a hierarchically lower subset of the structured volume of data entirely; predetermining at least two hierarchically related modes of operation, which each produce and at least partially display a user menu with controllable graphic objects based on a predetermined subset of the structured volume of data, wherein a hierarchically higher mode of operation is based on the hierarchically higher subset of the structured volume of data; capturing a control command; and selecting a mode of operation based on the captured control command, wherein the subsets of the structured volume of data are predetermined such that further menu items from the same menu level are produced and displayed in the hierarchically higher mode of operation in comparison with a hierarchically lower mode of operation; wherein, when the user interface is switched on via the ignition, the control command is produced automatically in response thereto and, independent of user input, a most recently used mode of operation is selected.