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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Christoph Wäller, Braunschweig, DE;
Christoph Wäller, Braunschweig, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating an operator control system () comprises presentation of at least one operator control panel (-) on a display unit (), wherein the at least one operator control panel (-) is provided for a user to touch in order to operate a operator control function, detection of a touch (-) on a touch-sensitive interface () by the user, determination of whether the at least one operator control panel (-) has been hit during the touch (-) by virtue of coordinates of the touch (-) being compared with coordinates of the at least one operator control panel (-), and enlarged presentation of the at least one operator control panel (-) if no operator control panel (-) has been hit.