Operating method and operating device
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMichael MISCHKE, Manuel JOACHIM, Michael WITTKÄMPER
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Abstract
An operating method wherein a plurality of graphical objects are displayed at different display positions on a display surface, the display positions of the graphical objects are shifted in common by actuating an operating element arranged remotely from the display, and at least one graphical object is shown highlighted on the basis of the display position of the object relative to a stationary highlighting region of the display. The display positions of the graphical objects are shifted in common by actuating the operating element. Also disclosed is an operating device for carrying out the method.
Claims10
An operating method comprising:
- displaying a multiplicity of graphical objects on a display surface at different display positions;
- shifting together the display positions of the graphical objects by actuating an operating element arranged apart from the display surface;
- and
- displaying at least one graphical object as marked relative to a fixed marking area of the display surface as a function of its display position,
- wherein, when the display positions of the graphical objects are shifted together by actuating the operating element, it is checked whether a change in the marked object is to be initiated, the check being performed relative to the fixed marking area as a function of the display positions of the graphical objects, and
- wherein, when the result of the check is that a change in the marked object is to be initiated, a beam-shaped display element is displayed which connects a display position within the fixed marking area with the object to be marked, and the graphical objects are then automatically shifted together so that the object to be marked is displayed in the marking area of the display surface.
An operating device, comprising
- a display surface on which it is possible to display a multiplicity of graphical objects at different display positions;
- an operating element arranged apart from the display surface;
- and
- a control device coupled to the display surface and the operating element, it being possible to shift the display position of the graphical objects together by actuating the operating element and it being possible for at least one graphical object to be displayed marked relative to a fixed marking area of the display surface as a function of its display position,
- wherein, when the display positions of the graphical objects are shifted together by actuating the operating element, it is possible by means of the control device to check whether a change in the marked object is to be initiated, the check being performed relative to the fixed marking area as a function of the display positions of the graphical objects, and
- wherein, when the result of the check is that a change in the marked object is to be initiated, the display surface can be controlled by means of the control device so that a beam-shaped display element is displayed which connects a display position within the fixed marking area with the object to be marked, and the graphical objects are then automatically shifted together so that the object to be marked is displayed in the marking area of the display surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.