Method for operating a control device in a vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHeino Wengelnik, Holger Wild
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Abstract
A method for operating a control device in a vehicle, wherein the control device includes a control element having a user interface. In the method, menus are simultaneously displayed on a display surface. Furthermore, a detection region is formed, which is divided into detection zones, wherein each detection zone is associated with a respective menu. The position of an actuation object in the detection region is detected and associated with a detection zone. The menu that is associated with the detection zone in which the actuation object was detected is enlarged and the menus that are associated with the other detection zones are reduced in size. Also disclosed is a control device in a vehicle.
Claims10
A method for operating an operating device in a vehicle, the operating device comprising an operating element having a user interface, wherein
- a plurality of menus are displayed at the same time on a display surface;
- a detection region is formed and is divided into a plurality of detection zones, each detection zone is assigned to a menu;
- the position of an actuation object is detected in the detection region and is assigned to a detection zone;
- and
- the menu which is assigned to the one detection zone in which the actuation object has been detected is displayed on an enlarged scale, and the menus which are assigned to the other detection zones are displayed on a reduced scale.
An operating device in a vehicle, the operating device comprising:
- an operating element which has a user interface;
- a display device having a display surface on which a plurality of menus can be displayed at the same time;
- an approach detection device which can be used to detect an actuation object in a detection region, the detection region is divided into a plurality of detection zones and each detection zone is assigned to a menu;
- and
- a control device which controls the display surface such that the menu which is assigned to the one detection zone in which the actuation object has been detected is displayed on an enlarged scale, and the menus which are assigned to the other detection zones are displayed on a reduced scale.
A vehicle having an operating device, the operating device comprising:
- an operating element which has a user interface;
- a display device having a display surface on which a plurality of menus can be displayed at the same time;
- an approach detection device which can be used to detect an actuation object in a detection region, the detection region is divided into a plurality of detection zones and each detection zone is assigned to a menu;
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- a control device which controls the display surface such that the menu which is assigned to the one detection zone in which the actuation object has been detected is displayed on an enlarged scale, and the menus which are assigned to the other detection zones are displayed on a reduced scale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.