EP1309962A1 - Method and device fore reproducing information - Google Patents
Method and device fore reproducing informationInfo
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- EP1309962A1 EP1309962A1 EP01974192A EP01974192A EP1309962A1 EP 1309962 A1 EP1309962 A1 EP 1309962A1 EP 01974192 A EP01974192 A EP 01974192A EP 01974192 A EP01974192 A EP 01974192A EP 1309962 A1 EP1309962 A1 EP 1309962A1
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- G08—SIGNALLING
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- G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
- G08G1/09—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
- G08G1/0962—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
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- G—PHYSICS
- G08—SIGNALLING
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- G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
- G08G1/09—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
- G08G1/0962—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
- G08G1/0967—Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits
- G08G1/096733—Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits where a selection of the information might take place
- G08G1/09675—Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits where a selection of the information might take place where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
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- the present invention relates to the reproduction of information relating to an object and in particular the location-dependent reproduction of information, such as of location-dependent information to a driver.
- Navigation systems are currently known in which a user enters a target position and is guided to this target position by the navigation system.
- such navigation systems are usually based on proprietary or native vector maps.
- the primary task of these navigation systems is to guide the user to the target position, there are also navigation systems that provide additional information on individual objects, such as the locations of petrol stations.
- the assignment of this additional information to the individual objects or the positioning is based on the representation within the proprietary vector map data.
- a simple extension by new objects by the user or third parties is consequently very complex without knowing the coding of the map material.
- a position determining device 10 is used to determine the location of a visitor in the museum.
- a database 20 is provided to provide information 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e and 20f for each object (exhibit) in the museum at positions A, B, C, D, E and F.
- the information 20a - 20f for the various exhibits is subdivided into information aspects, such as the epoch, the artist, the interpretation and the materials used for the exhibit, and is graded according to the level of knowledge required of the museum visitor.
- the system monitors the responses of the "museum visitor to the previously presented information about the exhibits, and uses the detected reactions for the determination of prior knowledge of the museum visitor, and the information aspects preferred by the user by means of a learning algorithm.
- the learning algorithm then ensures that one of the museum visitor to certain learning duration, information aspects of the respective exhibit that correspond to the particular preferences are reproduced, taking into account the prior knowledge ascertained.
- a disadvantage of this system is that it has only a physically limited area of application, e.g. a museum or a city.
- the information is only provided by an information source that only provides information of a specific type. It is also not possible for a user to add additional information, but this is the operator of the guidance system, such as reserved to the museum.
- DE 19810173 AI relates to a navigation system for motor vehicles with a database which is preferably available in the form of a database and with a device for determining a starting point and a destination, with the starting point tes and the destination and a route can be calculated based on the road information stored in the database.
- the entire route planning is based on a database in which the road network is stored with regard to a few points.
- the selected points are saved in the location database. For each point, only its location, its distance to other points and the information as to whether it is a crossing point are saved.
- a route is communicated to the driver of the vehicle using a linked list of these points stored in the location database.
- the object of the present invention is to provide an improved system for reproducing information relating to an object, which is provided in a plurality of information sources, to a user or a reproduction device depending on a location of the user or the reproduction device, which meets the restrictions of the Does not have user related to the information available.
- the present invention provides a method for rendering information regarding one or more objects, provided in a plurality of information sources, to a user or a rendering device depending on a location of the user or the rendering device, which includes determining the location and selecting the information to be reproduced depends on the specific location and one or more pre-settable selection criteria for the one or more objects that define an information source from the plurality of information sources.
- the information to be played is then output.
- the present invention provides an apparatus for rendering information related to one or more objects provided in a plurality of information sources to a user or a rendering device depending on a location of the user or the rendering device, which is a device for determining the location Means for selecting the information to be reproduced depending on the particular location and one or more pre-settable selection criteria for the one or more objects, which define an information source from the plurality of information sources, and means for outputting the information to be reproduced.
- the selection criteria for the object, its position information and possibly the reference to a desired information source are stored in an administration part, the selection criteria comprising a category and the like.
- the information source is either an external information source, for example a radio station or an Internet address, which is accessed via appropriate transmission media, or an internal data source, for example data on CDs in a car, the reference being given in the administration part to one or more external or internal information sources, in which the desired information regarding the object is stored.
- the category indicates the type of object for which information is to be reproduced (e.g. nature, music, or the like).
- a plurality of weighted hierarchically structured categories can be set weighted in the selection criteria, so that for a location, the position of which has been determined, the information about an object whose categories have the highest weighting in the category hierarchy is output.
- the administrative part contains the selection criteria, that is, information about the category to which the information is assigned, the reference to the information source, and the position.
- the administration section can contain additional information in the selection criteria, for example the relative importance of the information or the maximum desired repeatability of the information.
- an author writes the management part for a plurality of desired information in an ASCII file in any order using a predetermined syntax. This enables the user to easily edit the administrative part even at runtime.
- pre-adjustable selection parameters can be provided, for example to define the relationship between the position associated with information and the specific location of the user, which must be fulfilled in order to effect the selection of the corresponding information, such as a maximum distance between the stored position and the actual location. For example, only information tions that relate to a position that is in a predeterminable relationship to the specific location of the user and that additionally has the relatively highest weighting.
- An advantage of the invention is that the administration part can also be created / changed by a user of the system due to its simple structure.
- An advantage of the present invention is that the area of application of a system which implements the method and the device according to the invention is not restricted, that is to say it can be used outdoors as well as in rooms, the scope of the application being almost unlimited.
- the system is also not restricted to certain specialist areas, such as tourism.
- tourist and historical information for example, can be represented by the completely free, hierarchically structured categorization of the information, just like the locations of a company or locally relevant pieces of music.
- the free categorization enables the user to have more freedom in subdividing the information.
- the information already available can either be initialized at the beginning and additional information can be added during the runtime.
- the type of provision of the administrative part is freely selectable. It is possible, for example, to store the information in internal information sources on data carriers (for example CDs or cassettes, electronic, exchangeable fixed memories or in a fixed anchoring in a preconfigured overall system), the assigned administrators tion parts can also be stored on the data carriers or are assigned to them, whereby an information unit consists of an information part (internal information source) and an administration part.
- the information can also come from external information sources, from which the data are transmitted by wireless or wired media, such as computer networks or radio systems (eg DAB).
- an information unit is formed from the information section (external information source) and the administration section.
- the administration part is saved during the system run.
- the system can be supplemented with additional administration parts at any time.
- external and internal information sources can also be determined in the information part of the information unit.
- An advantage of the invention is that it is easily possible for the user to recompose, change or add to the administrative parts at any time.
- the system does not require a proprietary display format to indicate the position, but a geographic standard coordinate system can be used.
- the system can work with two-dimensional as well as three-dimensional coordinate values.
- the categories can be weighted at any time and with immediate effect according to the present invention.
- the present invention is not limited to the information content of a single database, but rather can access all available multimedia data, such as the Internet, radio, CDs.
- a user of the system according to the invention is not restricted in the selection of the information aspects for an exhibit.
- the problems associated with a lack of flexibility and slow adjustment of the management system are avoided.
- FIG. 1A shows a schematic illustration of an information unit which is used according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention for selecting the information and for specifying the information sources;
- an example of a management part of an information unit according to an embodiment of the invention is used to select the information and to specify the information sources;
- FIG. 2 shows a first exemplary embodiment of the device for reproducing information according to the invention
- FIG. 3 shows a second exemplary embodiment of the device for reproducing information according to the invention
- Fig. 4 is a block diagram of the selector of the device of Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 shows a guide system according to the prior art.
- FIG. 1A explains the information required to be determined in advance in order to select the desired information relating to an object depending on a geographical position and selection criteria.
- the management part 102 consists of a list 106 of information which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, in addition to the position 108 has a plurality of selection criteria 110 which include a category, a reference to the information source, as represented by the dashed arrow 112, an indication of the relative importance of the information and an indication of how often the information may be reproduced within a predetermined period. It is pointed out that the selection criteria given are exemplary. Depending on the area of application of the system, a variety of other selection criteria can be defined.
- a brief statement 114 can be stored in the administration part, which contains, for example, a title and a brief description of the object (for example a building), together with an address, For example, postal address or Internet address, via which the user can order / access further information about the property, regardless of the system. This information can alternatively be used as a substitute for external information sources.
- the administration section can contain a reference to general information sources (CDs with background music, radio stations), which are accessed when the system cannot determine a position (the car is in a tunnel, for example), no information source is available or no object is selected for the location is, so no object-specific information is to be output.
- CDs with background music, radio stations which are accessed when the system cannot determine a position (the car is in a tunnel, for example), no information source is available or no object is selected for the location is, so no object-specific information is to be output.
- the information part 102 comprises the at least one information source 116, that is to say the location at which the desired information relating to the object is stored.
- the information source can be an internal information source stored together with the management part 102, e.g. on CDs, hard drives, etc. in a car or PC.
- the information source can also be an external information source, e.g. Databases, directly referenced files which are accessed via long-distance connections, Internet addresses or radio programs which are objected to by the administration section.
- a position of the location cannot be determined, since a car is in a tunnel, for example, or no information objects are available for the determined location of the user according to the geographic selection criteria (position).
- position the geographic selection criteria
- objects that do not contain a location (position) in their administrative part e.g. break music, location-independent information background information. The selection is then made from this group of objects.
- Umlauts and special characters are encoded according to the ANSI "Western" character set (more precisely: ISO 8859/1).
- a valid object description file must also have the following properties: - The file name must have the ending ".umi"; No distinction is made between upper and lower case.
- This data field is used to specify a short title for the respective object.
- This data record should give the user the opportunity to independently obtain further information about the current object. This can be achieved, for example, by specifying the full postal address or an Internet address.
- Each object must be assigned a unique path through the category hierarchy. At least one category level must be specified.
- the position is specified in standard geographic coordinates (longitude / latitude).
- Brackets A position specification must be enclosed in parentheses. Separators between the brackets are optional and arbitrary.
- Each coordinate consists of the parts arc degree (including “*") + arc minutes (including “'") + arc seconds (including • "'") + an indicator for north ("N") or south (“S”) or East (“E”) or West (“W”) (in that order).
- the separator between the two coordinates is optional and arbitrary.
- Every radian measure consists of digits and optionally a ".” as a decimal separator. Negative values are not possible. - When added together, the values for degrees, minutes and seconds of each coordinate must not exceed 180.0 ° (east / west) or 90.0 ° (north / south).
- Fig. IB The two valid position information shown in Fig. IB illustrate the flexibility of the required spelling.
- This value describes the relative importance of the object in relation to the other available objects.
- This data field defines the maximum number of repetitions for the object.
- the MediaFolder describes the folder in which the following audio and HTML pages are stored.
- the folder can be specified absolutely (eg "C: ⁇ Media Folder” or " ⁇ ComputerX ⁇ Plattel ⁇ FolderABC”) or relative to the current folder in which the object description file is located (eg "../ .. / Media2 ”)
- This information is provided in order to ensure the complete reception of audio data during the runtime of the system. It is not yet evaluated in the current implementation and can therefore be omitted.
- An object description file must be created for each object that UMIS should record when the system is started.
- special emphasis was placed on making the files easy to create. Both the creation and the inspection of the contents of a file should be possible without proprietary tools.
- each object has its own description file - there is the possibility for easy exchange and uncomplicated re-compilation of objects for a project.
- new objects can be easily received, evaluated and added to the internal structures at runtime.
- Each description file can contain several positions and thus individual objects. At the same time, by separating the description file and the content, several object description files can share the same multimedia content.
- FIG. 1 A first exemplary embodiment of the device for reproducing information according to the invention is described in FIG.
- the device comprises a position determining device 200, for example a GPS receiver, a memory 202, which stores one administration part or a plurality of administration parts VTs (FIG. 1A), whereby the selection criteria in the administration parts can be adapted, the administration parts can be added or deleted by the user, such as it is indicated by the arrow 204, a selection device 206 and an output device 208.
- the position determination device 200 is connected to the selection device 206 and supplies the same with information relating to the geographic location.
- An output of the selection device 206 is connected to an input of the output device 208 in order to output the information to be reproduced to the output device 208.
- a plurality of information sources 210a, 210b, and 210c are stored in the memory 202 and contain information about objects A, B, C, D and E (buildings, restaurants, nature or others) defined in the administrative parts. It is further shown in FIG. 2 that a further information source 210d is provided which is not stored in the memory 202.
- the information source 210d is an external information source which contains information which, depending on the selection criteria, is accessed via a corresponding remote transmission.
- any combination of external and internal information sources is possible.
- only internal information sources or only external information sources can be used, in the latter case essentially only the administrative parts are stored in the memory.
- the information source 210a information data relating to the object C
- the information onsource 210b contains information data relating to object D
- information source 210c contains information data relating to objects C and B
- information source 210d contains information data relating to objects A and B.
- the information sources 210a to 210d contain different information data on the different objects A to D (see, for example, also FIG. 1A at 112).
- An object can e.g. be a cathedral or another known building in one place, with each object A to D in the administration part being assigned categories which can be set in advance.
- object A can relate to the "music” category
- objects B, C, and D relate to the "company", "restaurants” and "theater” categories.
- the information source 210a contains, for example, a piece of music.
- the selection criteria which define the selection of objects from the plurality of information objects that are made known to the system by their administrative parts, have been set in advance by the user or by the distributor, but can also be changed during the runtime of the device.
- the user selects a selection criterion (arrow 204), e.g. the category to change their weight.
- a selection criterion e.g. the category to change their weight.
- the memory 202 is accessed via the selection device 206 and the corresponding information relating to the object is selected.
- the selection device 206 outputs the information to be reproduced to the output device 208.
- the position determining device 200 can be any device for determining the geographical position of the be a user, for example a GPS system or a cell phone.
- a dedicated hardware or a cooperating or integrated software, such as a navigation system can be provided to provide the location information of the selection device 206 in standard geographical coordinates, such as in the Gauss-Krüger system, the standard geographical coordinate system or in a NMEA 0183 compliant format, and to provide additional information such as the direction and speed of the user.
- standard geographical coordinates such as in the Gauss-Krüger system, the standard geographical coordinate system or in a NMEA 0183 compliant format, and to provide additional information such as the direction and speed of the user.
- the location coordinates in a standard coordinate system are preferred, other coordinate formats are also possible.
- the information can contain video data, image data, audio data or multimedia data, while the management part contains a reference, for example an Internet address or local data references, which indicates where the corresponding information is stored.
- the administration part 104 can contain, for example, the specification of an Internet address at which an audio file is provided which contains the piece of music in coded form.
- the corresponding information unit is stored separately on different physical units according to the information part and administration part.
- the audio data is stored on an internet server (eg information source 210d) and the associated internet address is stored in the memory 202.
- information units from different information sources can be stored in the same physical memory.
- the management parts of all information units can be stored in the memory 202, while the respective information part is stored in any other memory.
- the information tion part is stored for example on data carriers, electronic removable memory and is available through the transmission of data by wireless or wired media, such as computer networks or radio systems.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 A further exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, in which administrative parts can be modified, deleted or added. 3 and 4, elements of the device which have already been described with reference to FIG. 2 are provided with the same reference numerals.
- the device according to FIG. 3 comprises an input device 212 for entering additional criteria, an input device 214 for controlling the display mode, an output control device 216, a plurality of output devices 208a and 208b, a device 218 for adding, changing and deleting management parts and / or information parts and an input device 220 for inputting weights.
- the input device 220 for inputting weights by the user can comprise, for example, a keyboard or a voice control which is connected to the memory 202 and by which the user is able to change the weights of the categories.
- the input devices 212 and 214 for entering additional criteria or for controlling the presentation by the user can also include keyboards. Input devices 212, 214 and 220 preferably use the same keyboard.
- the input device 212 is connected to the memory 202, whereas the input device 214 is connected to the output control device 216, which in turn is connected to the output device 208.
- the output control device 216 receives the information to be reproduced at a further input from the selection device 206.
- the means 218 for adding, changing and deleting management parts and / or information parts can also comprise a keyboard, by means of which the user is able to select further selection criteria for the management part of an object (FIG. 1A) and further management parts for new objects in the memory 202 add.
- the device 218 may consist of a computer and a suitable data transmission device, e.g. a data carrier or an infrared interface.
- the list is stored in the memory 202 for the selection device 206 to be accessible.
- the content 218 of the administration part can be supplemented, changed or reduced by means 218. All available administrative parts are automatically recorded when the system is started. If additional administration parts are added during the runtime, these are immediately available for the next selection process.
- the device 200 is connected to the GPS receiver of the car, the input devices 212, 214 and 220 being implemented by a keyboard on the dashboard or by suitable input devices on the GPS system.
- the input devices 212, 214 and 220 being implemented by a keyboard on the dashboard or by suitable input devices on the GPS system.
- a CD drive can be provided, the user being able to add new administration parts and / or information parts to the system by inserting a CD.
- the selection device 206 can be implemented as software, firmware or hardware and in particular as a standard processor, an ASIC or programmable logic.
- the information sources 210a to 210d are, for example, Internet servers, CDs, hard disks, radio stations (analog, DAB) or the like, suitable devices for accessing the information sources provided being able to comprise fixed wiring or radio transmission.
- One source of information e.g. 210a
- the other information sources e.g. 210d
- the user can add additional administration parts and / or information parts as an ASCII file.
- a special software can be provided so that the user does not have to know the special syntax of the ASCII file, but rather only enters the necessary details of the administration part and / or information part to be added.
- the position information is preferably in standard geographical coordinates.
- the user can preferably select the category from a list of existing categories or enter it as a new category, which the system automatically adds to the dynamically generated category tree.
- the reference information is entered by the user in a format that indicates to the selector 206 where the information is stored.
- the reference can implicitly contain information about which protocols or decoding algorithms are necessary to access the information.
- additional information can also be provided in the administration part, which specifies how the information part must be accessed.
- the user can enter the information about the relative importance and the maximum frequency of the information in order to define an additional sequence under information of the same category or to control how often information can be reproduced within a predetermined time.
- the input device 220 enables the user to determine weightings in the hierarchical structure dynamically generated by the system with regard to the existing categories.
- the categories are organized in a tree structure, for example. In the first level there are roughly dividing categories, such as "music", "restaurants” or the like. Subcategories of a next level can exist for a category of a level. For the “Music” category there are, for example, the sub-categories “Rock”, “Pop”, “Rap” or the like, while for the "Restaurants” category there are the sub-categories “Italian", "Japanese” or the like.
- the user can choose the categories and Assign a weighting to subcategories of the tree structure during runtime. For example, the weight of a subcategory can be calculated as the average of all weights on the way from the root of the tree to the subcategory.
- the input device 212 enables the user to enter additional criteria for the selection device.
- the user can enter the relationship between the current location of the user and a location of an object for which information is to be displayed, so that this information is included in a short list.
- additional criteria can include, for example, the specification of a minimum and maximum distance of the current location from the position defined in the administration part, so that, for example, only information relating to an object that is in a suitable proximity is output to the user.
- the specification of a minimum and maximum field of view opening angle can be provided, for example, to prevent information about an object from being output to a driver that is located at the rear in the direction of travel.
- the input device 214 enables the user to switch off certain output devices 208a, 208b of the plurality of output devices. If the selection device has selected, for example, an audio file with associated video data, the user can switch off a screen 208b in order to have only the audio data output via a loudspeaker 208a.
- the selection device 206 Upon initialization of the device of Fig. 3, e.g. when starting the system when starting the journey, the selection device 206 is given access to the stored management parts of the information units, the management parts being updated intermittently. The selection device also receives the determined current location of the user / system as well as the current direction of movement and travel speed from the device 200.
- the user can obtain changed weightings with regard to the categories from the input device 220 and the additional criteria of the input device 212.
- the selector 206 cyclically scans the management parts in the memory 202 and determines on each pass whether there is information to be reproduced, and outputs the same to the output controller.
- the administration parts can be updated by the device 218 (for example also via an ongoing reception via DAB, Internet by radio, etc.), as a result of which the selection device 206 scans updated administration parts in the following cycle.
- the additional criteria can also be changed during the term.
- the settings of the selection criteria described above with reference to the devices 212 to 220 are made in advance and can be changed by the devices mentioned.
- the selection process in the selection device 206 is described in more detail in FIG. 4.
- the selection device 206 comprises four inputs 300, 302, 304 and 306 as well as an output 308.
- the selection device further comprises a device 310 for checking on the basis of the administrative parts whether all required location relationships are fulfilled for an object.
- the device 310 is connected to the input 300 in order to successively receive the management part of all information units registered in the system. Via the input 302, the device 310 contains the current location of the user and the part of the additional criteria which indicates the location relationship, that is to say what relationship the current location must have to the position specification of an information unit, so that the information of the selection is taken into account, such as eg the maximum distance and the specification of the permitted field of view opening angle.
- Means 310 selects only those objects that satisfy the location relationship (see FIG. 4 at 312). As an example, four information blocks are shown that relate to objects A, B, C, D that meet the geographic selection criteria.
- the information units are fed to a device 314 for checking, which detects a weighted category assigned to the information and determines the information with the relatively highest weighting.
- Means 314 receives the weights of the categories to perform the check through input 304.
- the device 314 consequently only forwards that information which satisfies the location relationship and the relatively highest weighting exhibit. In the present case, these are, for example, only two information blocks relating to object A and one of objects B.
- the information is fed to a device 318 for applying additional information from the administration part to the information.
- the device 318 receives from the input 306 the additional information, such as, for example, the relative importance or maximum frequency mentioned above, and only forwards to the output 308 the information which has the relatively highest importance or corresponds to the other additional information.
- the information provided at the output 308 is forwarded, and the output control device 216, depending on the type, distributes the information to be played back to the plurality of output devices 208, which include, for example, loudspeakers 208a and monitors 208b.
- the selection device can also scan or process the selection of the information, that is to say the processing of the stored administrative parts, in parallel. Furthermore, the processing can apply the selection criteria in the administration part in any order and add additional criteria.
- the present invention provides a system that enables the provision of information about objects and abstract data associated with a location.
- the system can work autonomously without having to rely on wireless or wired data transmission.
- the description of the objects or abstract data is done by the administrative parts of the information units.
- the position determination in these administrative parts can be done on the geo- graphical standard coordinate system.
- the system evaluates a position information, which is made available by external sources.
- This position includes a current location in e.g. Standard geographical coordinates and, for example, an indication of the direction of movement and speed, which are provided, for example, by dedicated hardware or by cooperating software.
- the objects and abstract data for which information is to be reproduced are represented by the administration part.
- the administration parts include, for example, a position entry in geographical standard coordinates and a hierarchically structured category specification. Further information in the administration section serves to refine the selection process and to display the information objects.
- any objects or abstract data can be defined in the information system.
- the system automatically records existing administration parts and / or information parts when the system is started. Additional information units can be added at runtime.
- the information units and the current location of the user the selection is made according to geographical criteria, such as the relationship between the current location and the location of the object, and abstract selection criteria, such as the category or the relative importance of the information.
- the selection criteria are essentially freely selectable and can be set in a wide range.
- the information is reproduced by playing audio information and / or displaying other multimedia content. The system user can influence many parameters of the selection and display at runtime.
- a specific possibility of using this system is to inform a driver while driving, as described above, but there are also possible uses, such as for cycling or pedestrians.
- the administration parts and the information units that is to say the associated multimedia contents or the information-containing data, are stored on a data carrier.
- the system which is implemented, for example, as notebook software or an integrated part of the car radio, has access to current location information, such as through the car's own GPS system or dedicated hardware that is connected to a notebook.
- the selection of this information object is sufficiently high, and the additional criteria, such as relative importance or maximum repeatability, are fulfilled, the reproduction of the information (data) about the object is initiated.
- the choice of audio content is recommended with additional graphical and textual information
- the user also has the possibility to influence the selection process and the way of representation, for example during the runtime of the system through a special keyboard in the dashboard of the car,
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