Vehicle interior component having accentuatable operating element and vehicle equipped with same

A vehicle interior component, comprising:

• a first surface;
• a second surface, wherein the second surface is adjacent to the first surface;
• an edge disposed between the first surface and the second surface;
• and
• an operating element, wherein an item of operating information can be input by the operating element;
• wherein the operating element is disposed adjacent to the edge on the first surface and/or on the second surface;
• wherein the operating element is nonvisible in an inoperative state and is visible in an operative state;
• wherein the operating element is operationally connected to a proximity sensor and/or an electronic input means and wherein the operating element assumes the inoperative state or the operative state upon output of a signal output by the proximity sensor and/or the electronic input means;
• wherein the operative state is a state in which the operating element has been put into operation and is therefore ready to operate and in which an operating function intrinsic to the operating element is exertable by the operating element and wherein the inoperative state is a state in which the operating element has not been put into operation and is therefore not ready to operate and in which the operating function intrinsic to the operating element is not exertable by the operating element.