User interface and method for assisting a user when operating an operating unit

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PATENT NO 10120560
APP PUB NO 20160210015A1
SERIAL NO

15025522

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Systems, apparatuses and methods for assisting a user in the operation of a touch-sensitive operator control unit, where a presence of input means, such as a user's finger, is detected in a predefined first area in front of the operator control unit, and, in response to it, acknowledging of the detected presence by a predefined first audio output. The first area may be bounded in a direction parallel to a surface of the operator control unit corresponding to a button displayed on the operator control unit. The crossover of the input means from the first area into a predefined second area in front of the operator's control unit may also be detected and acknowledged by a predefined second audio output. Also, a predefined pattern of movement of the input means in the first area may be detected and acknowledged via audio or visual indicia.

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  • VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Czelnik, Mark Peter Wolfsburg, DE 20 181
Seitz, Gordon Ehra-Lessien, DE 19 94
Wild, Holger Berlin, DE 28 178

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