Method for controlling a graphical user interface and operating device for a graphical user interface

US8910086B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Lennart Bendewald · Wolfsburg, DE
• Stefan Henze · Braunschweig, DE
• Christoph Wäller · Braunschweig, DE
• Volkmar Wagner · Berlin, DE
• Frank Hauschild · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04808
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a graphical user interface, wherein a menu is defined, in which several objects of the menu are each associated with a function, and a global input gesture is associated with at least a part of the objects, wherein the input gesture can be executed on a touch-sensitive surface of an input device and different display contents can be displayed on a display surface. In the method, a global input gesture executed on the touch-sensitive surface is captured and, independently of the currently rendered display content on the display surface, a function is executed, which is associated with the object that is associated with the captured input gesture. Further disclosed is an operating device for executing the method.