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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2006
Andreas Medler, Lengede, DE;
Ulrike Wehling, Braunschweig, DE;
Alf Pollex, Wolfenbüttel, DE;
Jan Michaelis, Berlin, DE;
Rainer Dehmann, Berlin, DE;
Kyoung Sun Han, Berlin, DE;
Andreas Medler, Lengede, DE;
Ulrike Wehling, Braunschweig, DE;
Alf Pollex, Wolfenbüttel, DE;
Jan Michaelis, Berlin, DE;
Rainer Dehmann, Berlin, DE;
Kyoung Sun Han, Berlin, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes: a display for the visual representation of an operating element; a touch screen disposed above the display for detecting a touching contact of the touch screen in the region of the operating element; and a control system for displacing the operating element, represented with the aid of the display, according to a touching motion across the touch screen, and the input device including an actuator for deflecting the touch screen when the operating element attains a predefined position or is moved a predefined distance.