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User interface and method for signaling a 3D-position of an input means in the detection of gestures

US9956878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Holger Wild · Berlin, DE
Mark Peter Czelnik · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Grant date	May 1, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0487
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a user interface and to a method for signaling a position of an input mechanism with respect to an area for 3D gesture detection for a user interface, the method includes the following steps: input mechanism of a user are detected in the area for 3D gesture detection, and the position of the input mechanism is signaled by an indicator in the area of the edge of a display unit of the user interface.

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