System and method for providing information in a vehicle

US7944343B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AUDI AG · DE
• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Uwe Koser · Ingolstadt, DE
• Tilo Koch · Ingolstadt, DE
• Markus Hörwick · Birkenfeld, DE
• Tim Horenburg · Haar, DE
• Anton Obermüller · Ingolstadt, DE
• Johannes Schmid · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• David Martin Todd Jackson · Mountain View, US
• Michael Shyh-yen Ho · San Francisco, US
• Edith Arnold · San Francisco, US
• David Klaus · Whitefish Bay, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2007
• Grant date: May 17, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for providing information to a vehicle occupant includes a haptic control element which is provided in the vehicle and is configured to generate a haptic signal. An electronic control unit is operatively connected to the haptic control element and activates the haptic control element in order to indicate with a haptic signal that information is available for retrieval.