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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Etienne Iliffe-Moon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Iris Koser, San Carlos, CA (US);
Wei Wang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A user interface for a vehicle includes a two-dimensional display and an optical faceplate. The display displays information on a display portion. The optical faceplate includes a contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface for displaying information, and an optic light guide material. The optical faceplate is integrated into the display such the areal extension of the display surface and/or the contact surface is smaller than an areal extension of the display. The contact surface receives light emitted from the display. The user interface further includes comprises a device that determines a context according to a state of the vehicle, information that is visible on the display portion and/or the display surface, and/or user input captured by the user interface. The user interface displays contextually dependent information so that the information that is visible on the display portion and on the display surface depend on the determined context.