Method for operating vehicle devices and operating device for such devices

US10144285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Waeller · Braunschweig, DE
• Katharina Bachfischer · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Joerg Lilienthal · Gifhorn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2380/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for operating vehicle devices in which different information is shown for different viewing angles on a display of a display device, seating positions of users are assigned to the viewing angles, the position of an object in a switching zone is detected and a switching signal assigned to the switching zone is generated, the seating position of a user assigned to the object is identified, and a control signal for the vehicle devices and/or the display device is generated as a function of the switching signal and of the seating position of the user who triggered the switching signal. Furthermore, an operating device for vehicle devices includes an input unit and a display unit having a display with which different information is able to be displayed for different viewing angles, seating positions of users being assigned to the respective viewing angles. The operating device includes a device for detecting the position of an object in a switching zone, a device for identifying the seating position of a user assigned to the object, and a control device, with which a control signal is able to be generated for the vehicle devices and/or the display device as a function of the…