# US 10,482,841 B2 · Operator control device for a motor vehicle and method for operating a motor vehicle by using an operator control device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,841 B2 - Document ID: US10482841B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/319,068 - Filed: 2018-03-02 - Published: 2019-09-12 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-13 - Assignees: Audi AG - Applicants: Audi AG - Inventors: Martina Heinze - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482841B2 ## CPC - G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60K 35/29: Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions - B60K 35/658: {the instruments being ergonomically adjustable to the user} - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - B60W 50/08: Interaction between the driver and the control system - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - B60K 2360/1438: Touch screens - B60K 2360/175: Autonomous driving - B60K 2360/195: Blocking or enabling display functions - B60K 2360/197: Blocking or enabling of input functions - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2380/10: Automotive applications - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A touch-sensitive display device and a hand rest which can be adjusted between a first position and a second position are included in an operating device for a motor vehicle. The hand rest is arranged in the area of the display device. A control device activates a first display area of the display device and activates a manual driving mode of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is arranged in the first position. The control device activates a second display area of the display device and an autopilot of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is arranged in the second position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operator control device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a touch-sensitive display apparatus; a hand rest, provided in a region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus, adjustable between a first position and a second position; and a controller configured: to activate a first display region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus and a manual driving mode of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is in the first position, and to activate a second display region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus and an autopilot function of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is in the second position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operator control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hand rest is to be disposed further forward in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle in the first position than in the second position, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle, and the first display region is to be disposed further forward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle than the second display region, when the touch-sensitive display apparatus is mounted in the motor vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The operator control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to extend the first display region to the second display region when the hand rest is in the second position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The operator control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to deactivate the first display region when the hand rest is in the second position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The operator control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a first web which extends from a first side of the hand rest to connect the hand rest to an interior vehicle component, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle, and a second web which extends from a second side of the hand rest to connect the hand rest to the interior vehicle component, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operator control device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the interior vehicle component is a central console of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The operator control device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the hand rest is elongated in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle a lower end of the first web and a lower end of the second web are each pivotable about a first transverse axis of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle, an upper end of the first web is connected to the first side of the hand rest and an upper end of the second web is connected to the second side of the hand rest, and the hand rest is pivotable about a second transverse axis spaced apart from the first transverse axis, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The operator control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hand rest is adjustable from the first position into the second position and/or from the second position into the first position by activation of a release key provided on the hand rest. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The operator control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch-sensitive display apparatus is to be disposed obliquely with respect to a plane extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and a transverse direction of the motor vehicle, when the touch-sensitive display apparatus is mounted in the motor vehicle. ### Claim 10 A motor vehicle, comprising: a driver assistance system configured to provide an autopilot function of the motor vehicle; and an operator control device, including: a touch-sensitive display apparatus, a hand rest, provided in a region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus, adjustable between a first position and a second position, and a controller configured: to activate a first display region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus and a manual driving mode of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is in the first position, and to activate a second display region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus and the autopilot function of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is in the second position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hand rest is disposed further forward in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle in the first position than in the second position, and the first display region is disposed further forward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle than the second display region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to activate each of the first display region and the second display region, when the hand rest is in the second position such that a total display region of the touch-sensitive display region is greater in size than when the hand rest is in the first position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to deactivate the second display region when the hand rest is adjusted from the second position into the first position, and to keep the first display region activated when the hand rest is adjusted from the first position into the second position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the operator control device further includes: a first web which extends from a first side of the hand rest to connect the hand rest to an interior vehicle component, and a second web which extends from a second side of the hand rest to connect the hand rest to the interior vehicle component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein the hand rest is elongated in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle, when the hand rest is mounted in the motor vehicle, a lower end of the first web and a lower end of the second web are each mounted to the interior vehicle component so as to be pivotable about a first transverse axis of the motor vehicle, an upper end of the first web is connected to the first side of the hand rest and an upper end of the second web is connected to the second side of the hand rest, and the hand rest is pivotable about a second transverse axis spaced apart from the first transverse axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the operator control device is disposed within the motor vehicle at a position operable by a driver of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The operator control device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the touch-sensitive display apparatus is disposed obliquely with respect to a plane extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and a transverse direction of the motor vehicle, and the first display region provided further upward in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle than the second display region. ### Claim 18 A method for operating a motor vehicle, comprising: providing a hand rest in a region of a touch-sensitive display apparatus of the motor vehicle; activating, by a controller, a first display region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus and a manual driving mode of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is in a first position; and activating, by the controller, a second display region of the touch-sensitive display apparatus and an autopilot function of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is in a second position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: deactivating, by the controller, the first display region when the hand rest is in the second position; and deactivating, by the controller, the second display region when the hand rest is in the first position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: activating, by the controller, both the first display region and the second display region, when the hand rest is in the second position such that a total display region of the touch-sensitive display region is greater in size than when the hand rest is in the first position.