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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Vera Donk, Babenhausen, DE;
Guido Meier-arendt, Langen, DE;
Thomas Sulzbach, Offenbach, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An operator control device for operating at least one electronic device in a motor vehicle contains a display panel for displaying at least one predefined operator control menu of the electronic device compiled of selectable operator control functions, a turn and press switch for selecting and setting one of the operator control functions and a first menu switch for calling a first user-specific operator control menu. The user-specific operator control menu can be compiled by a user on an individual basis according to his wishes from a subset of the selectable operator control functions and the subset of the selectable operator control functions is indicated graphically on the display panel.