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Motor vehicle operator control system

  • US 8,311,727 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2011
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A motor vehicle operating system for a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a navigation system for providing road map information;

    a vehicle monitoring system for providing vehicle information for the motor vehicle;

    a display device for displaying the road map information and the vehicle information;

    an operating device for detecting a rotational operating action of the operating device; and

    a control device operatively configured with the navigation system, the vehicle monitoring system, the display device and the operating device, wherein;

    in a monitoring operating condition, the vehicle information for the motor vehicle is displayed on the display device;

    in the zoom operating condition, the road map information is displayed on the display device, and a display scale for the display of the road map information is adjustable between two limit values via the rotational operating action of the operating device; and

    in the zoom operating condition, an automatic switching-over takes place from the zoom operating condition to the monitoring operating condition in response to an additional rotational operating action of the operating device beyond a rotational point corresponding to the display scale being adjusted to one of the two limit values, and wherein the display scale of the display remains constant while in the monitoring operating condition despite additional rotational operating actions of the operating device.

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