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Method and device for displaying information arranged in lists

  • US 10,139,988 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2011
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying information arranged in lists on a display device of a vehicle, the display device having a display area, comprising:

  • displaying a portion of a list in the display area that includes a plurality of list entries, multiple elements being associated at least in part with the list entries, wherein the list entries comprise music albums and the elements comprise songs, and wherein the number of displayed list entries or elements depends on a magnification factor at which the list entries or elements are displayed in the display area;

    modifying the displayed portion of the list by a scrolling action such that previous and subsequent list entries are displayable in succession, wherein a magnitude of the modification increases as the magnification factor decreases; and

    displaying, in a selection of a list entry, the list entry together with at least a portion of the elements associated with the list entry;

    wherein, if a selected list entry is displayed together with at least a portion of the elements associated with the selected list entry and the scrolling action is performed, first one of (a) previous and (b) subsequent elements are displayed in succession and thereafter list entries one of (a) preceding and (b) following the selected list entry are displayed;

    wherein the scrolling action and a reduction of the magnification factor are both initiated in response to an operator gesture;

    wherein, during the scrolling action, the magnification factor is;

    reduced if the gesture includes two simultaneous points of a touch-sensitive surface of the display area or a touch-sensitive surface of an operating device for the display area touched by the operators;

    reduced according to the current speed of the vehicle, in which the magnification factor is reduced to a greater extent at higher vehicle speeds, and reduced to a lesser extent at lower vehicle speeds;

    reduced according to the length of the gesture touching of the touch-sensitive surface of the display area or the touch sensitive surface of the operating device, in which the magnification factor is reduced to a greater extent if the gesture includes longer touching, and reduced to a lesser extent if the gesture includes shorter touching;

    reduced according to the frequency of the gesture touching of the touch-sensitive surface of the display area or the touch sensitive surface of the operating device, in which the magnification factor is reduced to a greater extent if the gesture includes more frequent touching, and reduced to a lesser extent if the gesture includes less frequent touching; and

    reduced if the gesture exerts a pressure on the touch-sensitive surface of the display area or the touch sensitive surface of the operating device in excess of a threshold value; and

    wherein, upon termination of the scrolling action, the magnification factor is reset to an original value.

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