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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Etienne Iliffe-Moon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A user interface for a vehicle is adapted to present visible information capture user input. The user interface includes an optical faceplate having a flat contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface, and an optic light guide material provided between the contact surface and the three-dimensional display surface. A two-dimensional display and the contact surface are arrangeable so that light emitted from the display is receivable by the contact surface. The faceplate is movably arrangeable at the two-dimensional display, and the user interface senses a motion of the faceplate on the two-dimensional display as user input. The user interface is adapted to sense a rotational motion of the faceplate and a translational relative motion between the faceplate and the two-dimensional display The rotational motion is defined by a rotation of the faceplate around a rotational axis being arranged perpendicular to the contact surface and/or the two-dimensional display.