Patent ID: 6411893
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G01C,G10L

Abstract:
A method for selecting a locality name in a motor vehicle navigation system in which said system contains a first and a second list with locality names, wherein said second list comprises a subset of the locality names contained in the first list together with the phonemes of said locality names, comprising:vocally inputting a desired locality name via a voice input system; determining features of the vocally input desired locality name; comparing the features of the vocally input desired locality name with features of the stored phonemes of the locality names in the second list; and selecting a locality name if the features of the vocally input desired locality name sufficiently correspond to the features of the phonemes of a locality name in the second list; or if the features of the vocally input desired locality name do not sufficiently correspond to the features of the phonemes of a locality name in the second list, requesting a further input of the desired locality name in a second form of input differing from the voice input of the desired locality name; selecting a locality name from the first list by means of the second form of input; and storing the selected locality name and the phonemes of the vocally input desired locality name in the second list.