Volkswagen Ag

Audi Ag

Christoph Wäller

Lennart Bendewald

Katharina Bachfischer

Mark Peter Czelnik

Mathias Kuhn

Rainer Dehmann

Gordon Seitz

Andro Kleen

Michael Mischke

Heino Wengelnik

Frank Hauschild

Stefan Schulz

Stefan Henze

Lorenz Bohrer

Thomas Fabian

Linn Hackenberg

Ralf Bergholz

Viktor Bader

Matthias Heimermann

Volkmar Wagner

Manuel Joachim

Peter Oel

Andreas Medler

Maria Esther Mejia Gonzalez

Michael Daginnus

Moritz Neugebauer

Johannes Rhede

Andreas Ebert

Jens Fliegner

Oliver Meyer

Ulrike Wehling

Markus Neumann

Imke Gaus

Will Specks

Markus Missall

Carsten Semmler

Yongmei Wu

Gabriel Schwab

Jan-Lars Dalchow

Lukas Enke

Günter Horna

Thorsten Bohnenberger

Katja Lemke

Jens Ehrke

Mike Salzer

Markus Ablassmeier

Peter Vikoler

Karl Rox

Jörg Lilienthal

Mathias Thom

Peter Von Maydell

Julia Kleeberger

Heiner Grote

Nils Vrielink

Michael Dobmann

Maria Mejia

Markus Missal

Peter Dr Oel

Ina Petermann

Simon Michel

Denny Moritz

Steffen Gramsch

Marion Fröhlich

Chris Horstmann

A method for setting a thermal comfort state of at least one user of a vehicle, wherein, at a starting time, at least one actual state variable of the user is detected by at least one device for detecting the at least one state variable and a starting comfort state of the user is determined depending on the at least one actual state variable, wherein a target comfort state is determined, wherein at least one target state variable is determined depending on the target comfort state, wherein at least one vehicle-end device for changing the state variable is controlled so that a deviation in the actual state variable from the target state variable is minimized when the target comfort state deviates from the starting comfort state, wherein the at least one state variable is detected by a device carried by the user for detecting the at least one state variable.

Method and apparatus for setting a thermal comfort state

Methods for the operator control of electronic appliances and appropriately set-up electronic appliances in which an input of at least one letter is captured independently of an input request, and a volume of data is displayed on a screen of the electronic appliance on the basis of the captured letter. The input may be made by handwriting or by voice input, for example.

Method for operating an electronic device or an application, and corresponding apparatus

A method for inputting and identifying a character string, in which several successively inputted user inputs for forming the character string are identified and a confidence analysis is carried out, in which each user input is compared to a number of characters and each of the compared characters is allocated a value of a confidence measure which evaluates the correlation of the user input to the characters. Character combinations are formed from the characters associated with the user inputs. Global confidence measures are determined for the character combinations from the confidence measures associated with the characters. Finally, a partial amount of the character combinations is emitted in accordance with the global confidence measures. Also disclosed is a device for carrying out the method and a vehicle having the disclosed device.

Method for inputting and identifying a character string

A method and system for providing a user interface in a vehicle, wherein a wireless data link is formed between the vehicle and a mobile playback device which is releasably connected in the vehicle or is held freely by a user. Operating parameters relevant for the operation of the vehicle are detected on the vehicle and information relating to detected operating parameters is displayed by a display and control unit installed in the vehicle and which can be read from the driver's seat position. A wireless data link is formed between the vehicle and a mobile playback device which is releasably connected in the vehicle or is held freely by a user. Data for generating display content are transmitted via the wireless data link from the vehicle to the playback device, and on the basis of the transmitted data display content is generated on the playback device.

Method and system for providing a user interface in a vehicle

In a device and a method to produce a user recognition signal upon an actuation by a user in a vehicle using a control unit linked with a transmitter and receiver which are disposed relative to one another to set up a user-specific high frequency transmission path therebetween upon actuation by the the user, at least one HF signal is provided and transferred through the body of the user, the HF transfer is evaluated to determine the user-specific transmission path to identify the user, and a user recognition signal is produced that identifies the user, wherein using at least one detection unit an action of the user is detected or an action presence is monitored, and in the detection of the action an action signal is produced, and the transmitter only provides the one HF transmission signal after or upon the existence of an action signal.

Method and device for generating a user recognition signal

A method for operating a user interface, wherein at least one flat graphics object is shown on a display surface in a first view showing a first side of the object and in a second view showing the second side of the object. On different sides of the object, different information is shown and the view of the graphics object is varied such that, in a perspective view on the display surface, the graphics object rotates from the first side to the second side when a first or a second control signal has been triggered. Different information is shown on the second side after a rotation from the first side to the second side depending on whether the first or the second control signal has been triggered. Also disclosed is a device for providing such a user interface.

Process and device for displaying different information for driver and passenger of a vehicle

In a method for multimode information input and/or adaptation of the display of a display and control device, input signals of different modality are detected which are supplied via the device to a voice recognition unit, thus initiating a desired function and/or display as an output signal, which are displayed on the device and/or output by voice output. Touch and/or gesture input signals are provided on or to the device for selection of an object intended for interaction and activation of the voice recognition unit and for the vocabulary which is provided for interaction to be restricted with the selection of the object and/or activation of the voice recognition unit as a function of the selected object, on the basis of which a voice command from the restricted vocabulary is added to the selected object as an information input and/or for adaptation of the display, via the voice recognition unit.

Multimode user interface of a driver assistance system for inputting and presentation of information

A method for operating an operator control system having a graphical display unit and a touch-sensitive interface, wherein coordinates from information presented on the display unit are associated with coordinates of the touch-sensitive interface. Also disclosed is an operator control system for a vehicle having a graphical display unit that presents a piece of information for a user; a touch-sensitive interface that detects a touch by the user; and a control unit coupled to the display unit and the touch-sensitive interface, the control unit controlling presentation of at least one operator control panel on the display unit.

Method for operating a control system for a vehicle and control system for a vehicle

A method for determining the position of an actuation element, e.g. a finger of a user, in a motor vehicle when the element approaches a surface and to a position determination device, has the following steps: generating an HF signal; coupling the HF signal into the user; transmitting the HF signal via the body of the user; receiving the HF signal that has been transmitted via the body and the actuation element, using several sensors and determining the position of the actuation element using sensor signals of the sensors, the sensor signals forming a measurement for the received signal intensity of the HF signal and are used to first calculate the position of the centre of gravity of the approaching object, in particular the approaching body part comprising the actuation element, and the position of the actuation element is calculated, taking into consideration the position of the centre of gravity.

Method for determining the position of an actuation element, in particular a finger of a user in a motor vehicle and position determination device

The invention relates to an operator control apparatus and to a method for operating an operator control apparatus which comprises at least one operator control element for capturing user inputs and an approach recognition device which is designed to sense an approach by an actuating element, in particular a body part, of a user to the operator control element before the at least one operator control element is touched, wherein the approach recognition device comprises a reflection light barrier, which has at least one lamp (-) for emitting electromagnetic detection radiation () in front of the at least one operator control element into a physically limited detection area () which does not cover an entire volume in front of the at least one operator control element, and a reception element () for detecting a detection radiation () component which is scattered and/or reflected at the actuating element of the user during an approach to the at least one operator control element, wherein the approach recognition device is designed to recognize an approach from intensity of the received detection radiation.

Operator control apparatus and method for operating an operator control apparatus with improved approach sensing

A display device () is coupled to a touch-sensitive position detection unit () and a control unit () is coupled to the display device () and the position detection unit (). The control unit has an evaluation logic () that evaluates touched positions () detected by the position detection unit () and uses the positions to influence the control of the representation of information on the display device () and the calling up of functions and/or the control of systems () that can be operated via the display and control device (). The evaluation logic () is designed to evaluate the detected touched positions () in a time-resolved manner.

Display and control device for a motor vehicle and method for operating the same

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.

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

A multi-function display and operating system are provided in a motor vehicle and a method for operating such a system is provided. The multi-function display and operating system includes at least one display device for displaying information, a control unit controlling the representation of information on a display surface of the display device, at least two operating units for capturing user inputs, wherein the control unit is designed to control the representation of the information displayed to support the user inputs on the display surface of the display device by different operating displays which are each adapted to one of the at least two operating units via which a user input is captured or for which an operating intention for a user input is captured.

Multi-function display and operating system and method for controlling such a system having optimized graphical operating display

A multifunction display and operating device of a motor vehicle and comprise a display device (), a control unit linked to the display surface () for implementing a user interface and at least one detection unit (). The user interface comprises at least one display and operating context, display information depending on the display context being represented in a context information area () in a display mode on a display surface () and additional, cross-context information being represented in a status information area (), and a change into an operating mode is initiated by an actuating action detectable by the detection unit, additionally or alternatively representing operating information depending on the operating context in the context information area, a change to a selection operating mode is initiated by a further detectable actuating action, selection information linked to a selection of an operating parameter being displayed in the status information area.

Multifunction display and operating device and method for operating a multifunction display and operating device having improved selection operation

A method for operating an operator control system () comprises presentation of at least one operator control panel (-) on a display unit (), wherein the at least one operator control panel (-) is provided for a user to touch in order to operate a operator control function, detection of a touch (-) on a touch-sensitive interface () by the user, determination of whether the at least one operator control panel (-) has been hit during the touch (-) by virtue of coordinates of the touch (-) being compared with coordinates of the at least one operator control panel (-), and enlarged presentation of the at least one operator control panel (-) if no operator control panel (-) has been hit.

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Braunschweig, Germany

Christoph Wäller