Method for operating an operator control device of a motor vehicle in multi-finger operation

US10545659B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Müller · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Wachinger · Bad Fallingbostel, DE
• Tim Krämer · Solms, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04808
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A number of objects simultaneously touching a touch-sensitive operator control unit of an operator control apparatus are detected and a trigger position at which one of the number of objects detected touches the touch-sensitive operator control unit is determined. When more than one object touches the touch-sensitive operator control unit, a touch pressure with which the touch-sensitive operator control unit is acted on overall by the number of objects detected is compared to a predefined pressure threshold value. A function of the motor vehicle, assigned to the trigger position, is triggered if the touch pressure is higher than the predefined pressure threshold value. The predefined pressure threshold value is defined in a manner dependent on the number of objects detected.