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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Christoph Waeller, Braunschweig, DE;
Katharina Bachfischer, Duesseldorf, DE;
Inventors:
Christoph Waeller, Braunschweig, DE;
Katharina Bachfischer, Duesseldorf, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for operating a motor vehicle having a display for displaying variable information, and a touch screen, situated above the display, for inputting commands by touching the touch screen, an operating element for operating a function of the motor vehicle is shown by the display, by touching the touch screen in the region of the operating element, and the function of the motor vehicle is executed based on a gesture of a hand executed in the vicinity of the touch screen, without touching the touch screen.