Patent ID: 7113857

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling at least one appliance within a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a voice recognition unit to receive a voice input and to associate said voice input with at least one first command from at least one command data set; a handwriting recognition unit to receive a handwritten input and to associate said handwritten input with at least one second command from said at least one command data set; and a control unit connected to both said recognition units and capable of receiving said at least one first command and said at least one second command and of communicating a command signal to said at least one appliance, said command signal being associated with a combination of said at least one first command and said at least one second command when both said at least one first command and said at least one second command are received, with said at least one first command when only said at least one first command is received and with said at least one second command when only said at least one second command is received.