Input device for a motor vehicle

摘要

An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes a display for displaying variable information, and a touch screen, disposed above the display, for inputting instructions by touching the touch screen, and the input device including a control system for generating a selection marking displayable on the display, and for displacing the selection marking displayed by the display according to a touching motion across the touch screen.

主权项

1. An input device, comprising:
a display, in a motor vehicle, adapted to display variable information relating to navigation of the motor vehicle; a touch screen arranged above the display and adapted to input instructions by touch of the touch screen by a vehicle operator; and a control system adapted: (a) to generate an operating element and display the operating element on the display; (b)to receive an indication of a touch on the touch screen in a region of the operating element displayed on the display, and, in response to the indication, to generate a selection marking and, further in response to the indication, to display the selection marking on the display in a region of the display (i) remote from the region of the operating element and (ii) remote from the touch on the touch screen; and (c) to move the selection marking displayed by the display in accordance with a touch motion across the touch screen.