Input device for a motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Sun Han
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Abstract
An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes: a display for the visual representation of an operating element; a touch screen disposed above the display for detecting a touching contact of the touch screen in the region of the operating element; and a control system for displacing the operating element, represented with the aid of the display, according to a touching motion across the touch screen, and the input device including an actuator for deflecting the touch screen when the operating element attains a predefined position or is moved a predefined distance.
Claims19
An input device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display adapted to visually represent an operating element;
- a touch screen disposed above the display and connected to the housing adapted to detect a touch contact of the touch screen in a region of the operating element;
- a control system adapted to displace the operating element represented by the display in accordance with a touch motion across the touch screen;
- and
- an actuator adapted to deflect the housing and the touch screen with respect to the display in a direction that is parallel to an operating surface of the touch screen when the operating element at least one of (a) attains a predefined position and (b) is moved a predefined distance.
An input device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display adapted to visually represent an operating element;
- a touch screen arranged above the display and connected to the housing adapted to detect a touch contact of the touch screen in a region of the operating element;
- a control system adapted to displace the operating element represented by the display in accordance with a touch motion across the touch screen;
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- an actuator adapted to periodically deflect the housing and the touch screen with respect to the display in a direction that is parallel to an operating surface of the touch screen at a specific frequency adjustable as a function of at least one of (a) a position of the operating element and (b) a distance across which the operating element is moved.
A method for operating an input device, comprising:
- visually representing an operating element on a display of the input device;
- detecting a touch contact of a touch screen in a region of the operating element, the touch screen arranged above the display and connected to a housing;
- moving the operating element represented by the display in accordance with a touch motion across the display;
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- deflecting the housing and the touch screen with respect to the display in a direction that is parallel to an operating surface of the touch screen when the operating element at least one of (a) attains a predefined position and (b) is moved a predefined distance.
A method for operating an input device, comprising:
- visually representing an operating element on a display of the input device;
- detecting a touch contact on a touch screen in a region of the operating element, the touch screen arranged above the display and connected to a housing;
- moving the operating element in accordance with a touch motion across the touch screen;
- deflecting the housing and the touch screen with respect to the display in a direction that is parallel to an operating surface of the touch screen at a specific frequency when moving the operating element;
- and
- adjusting the frequency in accordance with at least one of (a) a position of the operating element and (b) a distance across which the operating element is moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.