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Input device for a motor vehicle

US8988358B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

6References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2006
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0488
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes a display for displaying variable information, and a touch screen, disposed above the display, for inputting instructions by touching the touch screen, and the input device including a control system for generating a selection marking displayable on the display, and for displacing the selection marking displayed by the display according to a touching motion across the touch screen.

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