US 12,005,780 B2
Operator control device for operating an infotainment system, method for providing an audible signal for an operator control device, and motor vehicle having an operator control device
Ulrich Müller, Ingolstadt (DE); and Andreas Spahmann, Bad Wimpfen (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/912,323
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/056613
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/185801, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020107338.0 (DE), filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158886 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/25 (2024.01); B60K 35/26 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/25 (2024.01); B60K 35/26 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/164 (2024.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operator control device for operating an infotainment system, comprising:
an actuating element;
a touch-sensitive display device, mounted to be movable, configured to display at least one graphical control element and to move during an actuating action to activate the actuating element, the touch-sensitive display device to incline about an axis of inclination in a direction of the actuating element;
an audio device; and
a control unit configured to determine an actuation position of the actuating action on the touch-sensitive display device when the actuating element is activated and to compare said actuation position with a display position of the at least one graphical control element, and to actuate the audio device to output an audible signal when the actuation position matches the display position.