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Method and apparatus for providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle

US9341493B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

18Claims

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Assignees

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Annie Lien · Palo Alto, US
Lorenz Laubinger · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2011
Grant date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0482
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle, in which a structured volume of data is stored which relates to the scope of functions of at least one function. At least two hierarchically related modes of operation are predetermined which each produce and each at least partially display a user menu with controllable graphic objects on the basis of a predetermined subset of the structured volume of data, wherein a hierarchically higher mode of operation is based on a hierarchically higher subset of the structured volume of data.

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