US 12,039,215 B2
Multimodal input processing for vehicle computer
Quynh Nguyen, Bothell, WA (US); Erland Unruh, Malmö (SE); Donni McCray, Seattle, WA (US); Christophe Couvreur, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle (BE); Lior Ben-Gigi, Hampstead (CA); Nils Lenke, Rheinbach (DE); Mohammad Mehdi Moniri, Düsseldorf (DE); Niels Does, Ulm (DE); Stefan Hamerich, Ulm (DE); and Stefan Frank, Geislingen (DE)
Assigned to Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US)
Filed by Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/241,025.
Prior Publication US 2020/0218488 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1423 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing input to a computer in a vehicle, said method comprising:
forming an electronic communication between a first electronic device and a display of a second electronic device that is viewable by a user from a location in the vehicle, wherein forming the electronic communication includes the first electronic device providing a first input channel for the second electronic device;
executing a multimodal application that permits the user to interact with the display of the second electronic device by a combination of the first input channel and at least one second input channel for the second electronic device; and
controlling, by the combination of the first and second input channels, a display of the first electronic device,
wherein the first and second electronic devices differ from each other.