Method for operating a human-machine interface, and human-machine interface
AssigneeBcs Automotive Interface Solutions GmbH
InventorsSÖREN LEMCKE, NIKOLAJ POMYTKIN, TIMO SCHUBERT, UWE CLASS
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Abstract
A method for operating a human machine interface for a vehicle includes a vehicle component, a control unit and a touch-sensitive surface that is provided in the vehicle component. The method includes recognizing a touch on an arbitrary contact point of the touch-sensitive surface, and assigning to the contact point a button, by means of which an input is possible, wherein a function is assigned to the button. Moreover, a human machine interface is shown.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
Method for operating a human machine interface for a vehicle, comprising a vehicle component, a control unit and a touch-sensitive surface that is provided on the vehicle component, comprising the following steps:
- c) a touch on an arbitrary contact point of the touch-sensitive surface is recognized,
- d) a button, by means of which an input is possible, is then assigned to the contact point,
- wherein a function is assigned to the button.
Human machine interface for a vehicle, comprising a vehicle component, a control unit and a touch-sensitive surface that is provided on the vehicle component,
- wherein during operation of the human machine interface, at least one button is provided on the touch-sensitive surface, the position of said button being determined by the control unit in such a way that, in the case of a touch of the touch-sensitive surface on an arbitrary contact point, the position of the button is set to the contact point that has been touched by the control unit.
Human machine interface according to claim 13, characterized in that at least one of the touch-sensitive surface and the vehicle component comprises a mechanical feedback element for haptic feedback.
Human machine interface according to claim 13, characterized in that the vehicle component is at least one of a steering wheel, a seat, a control stick, a door trim, an armrest, a part of a center console, a part of a dashboard and a part of an overhead trim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.