Volkswagen Ag

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Marquardt Gmbh

Thomas Schwarz

Stefan Schulz

Christian Tendyck

Hans-Joachim Frohne

Ralf Borngräber

Janine Perkuhn

Thomas Werner

Omer Yosha

Steffen Buhl

Dennis Meβmer

Ralf Sandvoss

Reinhart Neumann

Gerd Stauss

Darius Mateja

Dennis Messmer

Dennis Meßmer

A user interface, a computer program product, a signal sequence, a means of transportation and a method for classifying a user gesture performed freely in space. A first gesture and/or a second gesture may be detected by a sensor. A processor may compare a first characteristic of the first gesture with a first characteristic of a second gesture, and, as a function of the comparison, the first gesture may be classified in contrast to the second gesture as an intended user input.

User interface, a means of transportation and a method for classifying a user gesture performed freely in space

The invention relates to a method for calibrating an eye tracker unit of an operating device, wherein at least one apparatus is controlled by means of the operating device depending on at least one user input and wherein, in the case of the method, at least one graphical element is displayed respectively by a control unit of the operating device in at least one predetermined usage step of the operating device and at least one piece of viewing direction information is determined by means of the eye tracker unit for the user viewing a screen. The invention provides that, from the at least one displayed element, an optically salient element, on which the user must focus with their eyes in order to successfully perform the usage step, is established, and calibration data for the calibration of the eye tracker unit is generated depending on a display position of the optically salient element on the screen and depending on the at least one piece of viewing direction information.

Operating device with eye tracker unit and method for calibrating an eye tracker unit of an operating device

An ignition lock for a motor vehicle includes a carrier element for holding an ignition key that is inserted in the ignition lock. The carrier element is movable along a longitudinal axis of the ignition lock. The carrier element pushes a slide bar from a blocking position to an unblocking position when the carrier element moves along the longitudinal axis. A latch bar, when in its latching position, restricts a movement of the carrier element along the longitudinal axis and, when in its unlatching position, allows the carrier element to move along the longitudinal axis. When the latch bar is in its unlatching position and the slide bar is in its blocking position, the slide bar prevents the latch bar from moving from the unlatching position to the latching position.

Ignition lock for a motor vehicle and method of operating an ignition lock system

The invention relates to an ignition lock (), in particular for a driving authorization system in a motor vehicle that interacts for authentication purposes with an electronic key or the like via an encoded operating signal. The ignition lock () contains a moving element () that can move from a starting position into at least one actuating position and a switching element (), wherein the moving element () has a switching effect onto the switching element () in the actuating position. The ignition lock () furthermore includes a lever () that can be inserted into the moving element () for manually moving the moving element (), wherein a locking feature () interacts with the lever () in the inserted state so that the removal of the lever () from the moving element () is blocked. The lever () contains an actuating element for the release of the locking feature () so that upon actuation of the actuating element the lever () can be removed from the moving element ().

Ignition lock for a motor vehicle

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Wurmlingen, Germany

Thomas Schwarz