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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Ulrich Müller, Ingolstadt, DE;

Michael Wachinger, Winkelhausen, DE;

Tim Krämer, Eitensheim, DE;

Assignee:

AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); B60K 2370/143 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1442 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1472 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A number of objects simultaneously touching a touch-sensitive operator control unit of an operator control apparatus are detected and a trigger position at which one of the number of objects detected touches the touch-sensitive operator control unit is determined. When more than one object touches the touch-sensitive operator control unit, a touch pressure with which the touch-sensitive operator control unit is acted on overall by the number of objects detected is compared to a predefined pressure threshold value. A function of the motor vehicle, assigned to the trigger position, is triggered if the touch pressure is higher than the predefined pressure threshold value. The predefined pressure threshold value is defined in a manner dependent on the number of objects detected.


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