Patent ID: 6108631
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
An input system for at least location and/or street names, includingan input device,a data source arrangement which contains at least one list of locations and/or streets, anda control device which is arranged to search location or street names, entered via the input device, in a list of locations or streets in the data source arrangement, characterized in thatthe at least one list comprisesa first list of locations and/or streets with alphabetically sorted names of locations and/or streets,at least one second list of locations and/or streets with names of locations and/or streets sorted on the basis of a frequency criterion, the second list comprising at least a part of the names of locations and/or streets of the first list,the input device comprises a speech input system which is arranged to conduct entries in speech to the control device, andthe control device is arranged to conduct first a sequential search for a name of a location or a street received from the input device, the search being from a beginning of the second list.