Patent ID: 7761204
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A control system comprising: a haptic input channel for receiving input data from a user; an audio input channel for receiving input data from the user; a switch coupled to the audio input channel and the haptic input channel, where the switch activates one of the audio input channel and the haptic input channel responsive to the input data, and where the haptic channel is deactivated when the audio channel is activated by the switch, and where the audio channel is deactivated when the haptic channel is activated by the switch; and a command determination device coupled to the haptic input channel and to the audio input channel, where the command determination device determines a control command from the input data and directs the control command to an electronic device in a vehicle, where the command determination device further includes a combining unit that combines the input data into the control command where a art of the control command was input data received from the haptic input channel and another part of the control command was input data received from the audio input channel.