US 12,291,100 B2
Method and device for adjusting a vehicle component
Paul Heisterkamp, Erbach (DE); Klaus Bader, Oberdischingen (DE); Andreas Luft, Stuttgart (DE); Carsten-Uwe Möller, Neuweiler (DE); Frank Reh, Schwieberdingen (DE); and Felix Schüssel, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/299,090
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078903
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/114669, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 009 487.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063411 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60K 35/25 (2024.01); B60K 35/26 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [B60R 16/037 (2013.01); B60K 35/25 (2024.01); B60K 35/265 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/122 (2024.01); B60K 2360/126 (2024.01); B60K 2360/128 (2024.01); B60K 2360/133 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1464 (2024.01); B60K 2360/148 (2024.01); B60K 2360/149 (2024.01); B60K 2360/162 (2024.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for adjusting a vehicle component using an operating element, the method comprising:
detecting a speech input;
allocating a function, which controls the vehicle component, to the operating element based on the detected speech input, wherein the operating element has no function prior to allocating the function to the operating element;
determining a position in the vehicle from which the speech input originates;
adjusting the vehicle component by an operating process carried out manually on the operating element, wherein the adjusted vehicle component is allocated to the determined position and is adjusted based on the operating process carried out manually on the operating element; and
suspending the allocated function of the operating element after an end of a predetermined period of time without input by a user, wherein after the suspending of the allocated function, the method comprises:
detecting another speech input;
allocating another function, which controls another vehicle component, to the operating element based on the detected speech input, wherein the operating element has no function prior to allocating the another function to the operating element;
determining a position in the vehicle from which the another speech input originates;
adjusting the another vehicle component by another operating process carried out manually on the operating element, wherein the adjusted another vehicle component is allocated to the determined position and is adjusted based on the another operating process carried out manually on the operating element; and
suspending the allocated another function of the operating element after an end of a predetermined period of time without input by the user.