US 2016/0110033 A1 · METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY SURFACE OF AN OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE IN A VEHICLE

Abstract

A method for controlling a display surface of an operator control device in a vehicle, wherein data for a menu structure having menus in different levels is stored in a memory and the presence of an actuating object in a detection region is detected and the menus of the menu structure include a subsurface for displaying vehicle-specific information, wherein the subsurface having the vehicle-specific information is displayed or modified in the associated menu on the display surface only if it is detected that the actuating object enters into the detection region or exits from the detection region. Also disclosed is a corresponding operator control device in the vehicle for performing the method.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method for controlling a display surface of an operator control device in a vehicle, the method comprising:

storing data regarding a menu structure in a storage device, said data comprising various menus;
detecting the length of time an actuating object is in the detection region wherein, the menus of the menu structure comprise a part surface for displaying vehicle-specific information;
only displaying or changing the part surface having the vehicle-specific information in the associated menu on the display surface if it has been detected that the actuating object is entering the detection region or is exiting the detection region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/889,721Filed 29 Apr 2014

Priority

DE 10 2013 008 074.610 May 2013

Published

21 Apr 2016

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
G06F 3/0488
Using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of…:…
B60K 2360/11
Indexing scheme associated with groups B60K35/00 or B60K37/00 relating to details of instruments or dashboards: instrument graphical user…

Method for controlling a display surface of an operator control device and operator control device in a vehicle

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Method for controlling a display surface of an operator control device and operator control device in a vehicle

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Abstract

Claims10