Method for operating a control device, and control device
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMathias Kuhn, Frank Hauschild, Rainer Dehmann
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Abstract
A method for operating a control device, in particular in a vehicle, the control device having a display surface and a control element. A detection region formed in the vicinity of the control element is monitored by a proximity sensing device such that an actuating element is detected in the detection region, and first and second display contents are displayed on the display surface. The first display content is no longer displayed if an actuating element has been detected in the detection region by the proximity sensing device. Also disclosed is a control device for carrying out the method.
Claims15
A method for operating a control device in a vehicle, wherein the control device has a display surface and a control element, the method comprising:
- monitoring a detection region formed in surroundings of the control element using a proximity sensing device to detect an activation element in the detection region;
- displaying first and second display contents on the display surface;
- and
- discontinuing display of the first display content if an activation element has been detected in the detection region using the proximity sensing device.
A control device for a vehicle, further comprising:
- a display surface for displaying first and second display contents;
- a control element;
- a proximity sensing device that detects an activation element in a detection region formed in the surroundings of the control element;
- and
- a control device controlling the display content which is displayed on the display surface,
- wherein the control device is coupled to the proximity sensing device in such a way that the first display content is no longer displayed if an activation element has been detected in the detection region (8) by the proximity sensing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.