Patent ID: 9193315
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B60R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a device of a vehicle, comprising: displaying simultaneously on a display device: receiving a user selection of a particular one of the first push buttons displaying a particular non-voice function and having a voice controller symbol displayed on the particular push button, and in response to receiving the user selection of the particular push button, automatically (a) displaying a plurality of second selectable push buttons corresponding to a plurality of sub-functions related to the particular non-voice function and (b) activating the voice controller, the activated voice controller configured to receive linguistic input following the selection of the particular push button, wherein each second push button displays text corresponding to one of the sub-functions, and wherein each sub-function is both (a) selectable by manual user selection of the corresponding second push button and (b) selectable by linguistic input, via the activated voice controller, reciting the displayed text on corresponding second push button.