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Device and method for operating a device

US10921982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Janine Perkuhn · Berlin, DE
Jens Baumgarten · Berlin, DE
Jian Lou · San Diego, US
Lorenz Maurer · Berlin, DE
Elisabeth Eichhorn · Eindhoven, NL
Daniel Leuchter · Wolfsburg, DE
Mathias Kuhn · Eckental, DE
Hendrik Frank · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 2019
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B47/155
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.

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