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User interface and method for contactlessly operating a hardware operating element in a 3-D gesture mode

US11119576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Holger Wild · Berlin, DE
Mark Peter Czelnik · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 2015
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/023
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

User interface and method for contactlessly operating a hardware operating element in a 3-D gesture mode. The invention proposes a user interface and a method for contactlessly operating a hardware operating element (12), called “button” below, of a user interface in a 3-D gesture mode, by means of which the user interface can be operated using gestures freely carried out in space, called 3-D gestures below. The method comprises the steps of: —detecting (100) a user's hand (4), —assigning (200) the hand (4) to an area of the user interface (I) assigned to the button (12), and, in response thereto, —outputting (300) a suggestion (14, 16) to the user.

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