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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2024
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Stefan Breitschaft, Nabburg, DE;
Thomas Hilger, Iffeldorf, DE;
Christian Knoll, Munich, DE;
Stephan Mueller, Munich, DE;
Hannes Trapp, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A control device actuates an active haptic operating element for a motor vehicle. The control device is designed to determine whether there is an activation of the operating element; to determine whether the operating element is assigned an available function if an activation of the operating element has been determined; and to actuate the operating element to emit an active haptic positive feedback when an activation of the operating element has been determined, and it has been determined that the operating element is assigned an executable function. The control device is designed to actuate the operating element to emit an active haptic negative feedback when an activation of the operating element has been determined, and it has been determined that no executable function is assigned to the operating element. The active haptic positive feedback and the active haptic negative feedback differ from one another.