Operating device for a vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Harasim, Matthias Lindner
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Abstract
An operating device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes: (i) an operating element having a base body with a surface that features a plurality of segments; (ii) wherein two of the plurality of segments are arranged on different planes relative to each other; (iii) wherein the two segments are each configured to be touch-sensitive; (iv) a control unit that is operatively connected to the operating element and is configured to: (iv-1) assign a vehicle function to each of the two segments depending on a predetermined criterion; (iv-2) trigger the vehicle function assigned to one of the segments upon receiving a user input by touching the respective segment.
Claims20
An operating device for a vehicle, the operating device comprising:
- a control element, including a base body with a hexagonal base surface that has a plurality of segments, each of which is arranged in a different plane;
- wherein two segments of the plurality of segments are arranged on different planes relative to each other;
- wherein the two segments are configured to be touch-sensitive;
- a control unit connected to the control element for signal transmission, wherein the control unit is configured to:
- assign a function of the vehicle to each of the two segments depending on a predetermined criterion;
- upon receiving a user input by touching one segment of the two segments, trigger the function of the vehicle that is assigned to the one segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.