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User interface and method for assisting a user in the operation of an operator control unit

US10437376B2 · 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	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

User interfaces and processes to support a user during the operation of a touch-sensitive control unit. A presence of an input means, such as a finger of the user, is detected in a predefined first area in front of a button displayed on the control unit. In response to the detection a timer is started having a predetermined time segment. When the timer elapses, a secondary function in the control unit is executed relative to the button in which the input means is detected.

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