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User interface and method for assisting a user when operating an operating unit

US10120560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Holger Wild · Berlin, DE
Mark Peter Czelnik · Wolfsburg, DE
Gordon Seitz · Ehra, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2013
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04108
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses and methods for assisting a user in the operation of a touch-sensitive operator control unit, where a presence of input means, such as a user's finger, is detected in a predefined first area in front of the operator control unit, and, in response to it, acknowledging of the detected presence by a predefined first audio output. The first area may be bounded in a direction parallel to a surface of the operator control unit corresponding to a button displayed on the operator control unit. The crossover of the input means from the first area into a predefined second area in front of the operator's control unit may also be detected and acknowledged by a predefined second audio output. Also, a predefined pattern of movement of the input means in the first area may be detected and acknowledged via audio or visual indicia.

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