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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Robert Passaro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frank Breker, Oxnard, CA (US);
Dale Alan Herigstad, Hollywood, CA (US);
Alec Bernstein, Malibu, CA (US);
Robert Passaro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frank Breker, Oxnard, CA (US);
Dale Alan Herigstad, Hollywood, CA (US);
Alec Bernstein, Malibu, CA (US);
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Vehicle control information is displayed to a vehicle operator in a central display area. In one embodiment, a sensor associated with a vehicle control is configured to detect an approaching operator. A graphical representation of the vehicle control may be displayed in a central display area and, in one embodiment, is displayed with a varying physical characteristic representative of the distance between the vehicle operator and the vehicle control itself. A second graphical representation of the vehicle control may be displayed in the central display area in response to detecting that the vehicle operator has contacted the vehicle control. In one embodiment, the second graphical representation includes a current control value for the vehicle control.