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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
User interface and method for signaling a 3d-position of an input means in the detection of gestures
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Holger Wild, Berlin, DE;
Mark Peter Czelnik, Wolfsburg, DE;
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1052 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a user interface and to a method for signaling a position of an input mechanism with respect to an area for 3D gesture detection for a user interface, the method includes the following steps: input mechanism of a user are detected in the area for 3D gesture detection, and the position of the input mechanism is signaled by an indicator in the area of the edge of a display unit of the user interface.