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Input device for a motor vehicle

US8026902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

19Claims

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Andreas Medler · Lengede, DE
Ulrike Wehling · Braunschweig, DE
Alf Pollex · Bitterfeld-Wolfen, DE
Jan Michaelis · Berlin, DE
Rainer Dehmann · Berlin, DE
Kyoung Sun Han · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2006
Grant date	Sep 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04847
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes: a display for the visual representation of an operating element; a touch screen disposed above the display for detecting a touching contact of the touch screen in the region of the operating element; and a control system for displacing the operating element, represented with the aid of the display, according to a touching motion across the touch screen, and the input device including an actuator for deflecting the touch screen when the operating element attains a predefined position or is moved a predefined distance.

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