Operating device for a motor vehicle

US9644984B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Jens Fliegner · Wahrenholz, DE
• Andreas Ebert · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2005
• Grant date: May 9, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C21/3652
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An operating device is for operating a computing device, e.g., an operating device is for operating a computing device for controlling functions in a motor vehicle, the operating device including a display for optically displaying information, a touch screen situated above the display, for the input of commands by touching the touch screen and/or by pressing on the touch screen, and an actuator for setting the touch screen in motion, and the operating device having an internal control system for controlling the actuator for setting in motion the touch screen in response to a touching of the touch screen and/or in response to a pressing on the touch screen, in an area of the touch screen that is provided for haptic feedback.