Operator Control System for a Vehicle
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Abstract
The invention relates to an operator control system (1) for a vehicle, having a manual activation means (3) with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels, and a screen display (2) having a plurality of display areas for representing the menu structure, wherein the display areas each comprise at least one field for displaying one of the entries. According to the invention, a plurality of fields which can be selected and/or activated using the manual activation means (3) are arranged in an active display area in at least one menu level for operating a plurality of adjustable vehicle functions, wherein in the active display area a representation of the vehicle is displayed and the currently adjustable function is displayed in a visually highlighted fashion on said representation as a function of a current selection.
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16 Claims
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6. An operator control system for a vehicle, said operator control system comprising:
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a manual activation unit with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for at least one of selecting and activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels; and a screen display having a plurality of display areas for representing the menu structure, wherein each of the display areas includes at least one field for displaying one of the entries, a plurality of fields which are at least one of selectable and activatable using the manual activation unit is arranged in an active display area in at least one menu level for operating a plurality of adjustable vehicle functions, and in the active display area, a representation of the vehicle is displayed and a currently adjustable function is displayed in a visually highlighted fashion on said representation as a function of a currently selected field. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controlling display of entries in a menu structure for an operator control system, said method comprising:
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receiving an input of at least one of a selection and an activation of an entry in the menu structure with a plurality of menu levels; arranging a plurality of fields in an active display area in at least one menu level for operating a plurality of adjustable vehicle functions; displaying a representation of the vehicle in the active display area; and displaying a currently adjustable function in a visually highlighted fashion on said representation of the vehicle as a function of a currently selected field.
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