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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2007
Uwe Koser, Ingolstadt, DE;
Tilo Koch, Ingolstadt, DE;
Markus Hörwick, München, DE;
Tim Horenburg, Haar, DE;
Anton Obermüller, Königsdorf, DE;
Johannes Schmid, München, DE;
David Jackson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Shyh-yen Ho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edith Arnold, Stanford, CA (US);
David Klaus, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Uwe Koser, Ingolstadt, DE;
Tilo Koch, Ingolstadt, DE;
Markus Hörwick, München, DE;
Tim Horenburg, Haar, DE;
Anton Obermüller, Königsdorf, DE;
Johannes Schmid, München, DE;
David Jackson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Shyh-Yen Ho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edith Arnold, Stanford, CA (US);
David Klaus, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing information to a vehicle occupant includes a haptic control element which is provided in the vehicle and is configured to generate a haptic signal. An electronic control unit is operatively connected to the haptic control element and activates the haptic control element in order to indicate with a haptic signal that information is available for retrieval.