Patent ID: 7239239

Claim:
A process for controlling a warning system of which the mode and manner of output of warning information is dynamically adaptable to the behavior of one or more users of this information or to the situation prevailing in the environment of the system, comprising: having the system initiate communication with at least one of the users of the information preliminary to a planned change in the mode and manner of the output of warning information, and having the user indicate acceptance or declining of the planned change within the framework of this communication, wherein a change in the mode and manner of the output warning information does not occur when, in the framework of the communication, a declining thereof is indicated, and wherein the declining by at least one of the users is ignored by the system when the warning system has recognized that a significantly stronger change in the mode and manner of the output of the warning information is necessary, or when the user has averted his eyes from the display unit.