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Input device

US8040323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16References

21Claims

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Michael Prados · Berkeley, US
Philippe Alessandrini · Palo Alto, US
Wolfgang Bloehs · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2005
Grant date	Oct 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04104
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input device, especially an input device for a vehicle, includes a display for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display for input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen and a control for optical display of additional or other information on the display during at least a second simultaneously occurring touching of the operating surface.

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