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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Michael Prados, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sven Strohband, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Prados, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sven Strohband, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H01H 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H01H 9/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device, especially for a motor vehicle, has a display for the visual representation of information, a touch screen arranged above the display for the input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touch screen, and a layer having adjustable transparency arranged between the display and the touchscreen.