Method for selecting one of several equivalent operating elements to control the lengthwise and/or transverse dynamics of a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for selecting one of at least two equivalent operating elements for controlling at least one of lengthwise and transverse dynamics of a vehicle, comprising the steps of selecting one of the operating elements via a selector switch;
- and subsequently actuating the selected one operating element completely independently from the other operating elements such that at least two of the operating elements are selectively actuatable from a single seat location in the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method selects one of several equivalent operating elements for controlling the lengthwise and/or transverse dynamics of a motor vehicle. Inadvertent control of the lengthwise and/or transverse dynamics of the motor vehicle is prevented and manual switching between various operating elements is allowed without a transition to be safely feasible for the participants even while driving. The selected operating element is activated simultaneously when the previous operating element is deactivated, after activation of the selected operating element has been made possible by a selector switch. The method therefore takes place in two steps, with activation of an operating element first being made possible by activating a selector switch. The actual activation takes place at a later point in time, namely when the operating element to be activated is in fact actuated to control the lengthwise and/or transverse movement of the vehicle.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for selecting one of at least two equivalent operating elements for controlling at least one of lengthwise and transverse dynamics of a vehicle, comprising the steps of selecting one of the operating elements via a selector switch;
- and subsequently actuating the selected one operating element completely independently from the other operating elements such that at least two of the operating elements are selectively actuatable from a single seat location in the vehicle.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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