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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Frank Hauschild, Berlin, DE;
Mathias Kuhn, Berlin, DE;
Rainer Dehmann, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1004 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1024 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for controlling the display of information on a display area, the information is structured hierarchically in objects, in which an object and a path, which leads to the object in the hierarchical structure, are displayed. The path is divided into individual path elements, the path elements belonging to different hierarchy levels of the path leading to the object, and the path elements being selectable buttons, and the information display jumping to the hierarchy level of the selected path element when a path element is selected.