User interface and method for assisting a user with the operation of an operating unit
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHolger WILD, Mark Peter CZELNIK, Gordon SEITZ
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Abstract
User interface and process to support a user in the operation of a touch-sensitive control unit. A presence of a means of input, such as a finger of the user, is detected in a predefined first area relative to the control unit. In response to the detection, an acknowledgement may be produced via a predefined first audio output including a first sound sign, which is associated in a context-specific manner with a button displayed on the control unit.
Claims19
1-10. (canceled)
A method of operating a touch-sensitive operator control unit, comprising:
- displaying a graphical symbol on the operator control unit;
- detecting the presence of input means in a predefined first area in front of the operator control unit in an area of the displayed graphical symbol, wherein the predefined first area comprises an area parallel to a surface of the operator control unit;
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- generating a predefined first audio output comprising a context-specific sound associated with the graphical display symbol in response to the detected presence of the input means.
A Human Machine Interface installed in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive operator control unit configured to display a graphical symbol on the operator control unit;
- a detection device configured to detect the presence of input means in a predefined first area in front of the operator control unit in an area of the displayed graphical symbol, wherein the predefined first area comprises an area parallel to a surface of the operator control unit;
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- a processing device, operatively coupled to the detection device and the operator control unit, wherein the processing device is configured to generate a predefined first audio output comprising a context-specific sound associated with the graphical display symbol in response to the detected presence of the input means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.