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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle-associated device, with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit, selectable characters and/or symbols can be displayed in at least one selection field, and selected characters, symbols, a character or function group can be displayed in at least one input field, wherein the device is set up (a) in order to display, on the display unit, immediately adjacent to a character or symbol dialed in by means of the operating unit and displayed in a selection field, a delete switch areawhich can be activated by means of the operating unit for deleting at least the most recently selected character or symbol displayed in an input field, and/or (b) in order to display, immediately adjacently to a character or symbol dialed in by means of the operating unit and displayed in a selection field, a list selection switch area, which can be retrieved by means of the operating unit in order to retrieve a selection list.