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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Alexander Weß, Wolfsburg, DE;
Hendrik Schröder, Sickte, DE;
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Abstract
A method for operating an output apparatus of a motor vehicle performed by the output apparatus and including receiving a first consumption signal that indicates a consumption relating to a first form of energy measured in a first unit of measurement, receiving a second consumption signal that indicates a consumption relating to a second form of energy measured in a second unit of measurement, providing at least one reference element that indicates a respective predetermined standard consumption, displaying the at least one reference element on a display unit, and controlling a position of a consumption display element on the display unit based on the two consumption signals and, as a result, adjusting a relative position of the consumption display element with regard to the at least one reference element.