Motor vehicle
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1. A motor vehicle having an operator control element for operator control of functions of the motor vehicle, said operator control element comprising:
- a surface including a touchpad that enables the operator to control at least a first function of the motor vehicle, wherein when the operator control element is displaced in a first direction parallel to the a plane in which the surface is positioned, the operator control element controls at least a second function of the motor vehicle,wherein the touchpad moves relative to a surface of an operator control cluster in the motor vehicle in more than two directions parallel to the plane in which the surface is positioned,wherein displacing the operator control element by a first distance in the first direction enables operator control of the second function of the motor vehicle, and displacing the operator control element by a second distance in the first direction enables operator control of at least a third function of the motor vehicle, andwherein the second distance is greater than the first distance in the first direction and the first and second distances are distances away from an initially located center of the touchpad.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle having an operator control element for the operator control of a function of the motor vehicle, wherein the operator control element comprises an upwardly directed surface having a touchpad for the operator control of at least a first function of the motor vehicle, and wherein the operator control element can be displaced in one direction essentially parallel to the upwardly directed surface for the purpose of operator control of at least a second function of the motor vehicle.
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1. A motor vehicle having an operator control element for operator control of functions of the motor vehicle, said operator control element comprising:
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a surface including a touchpad that enables the operator to control at least a first function of the motor vehicle, wherein when the operator control element is displaced in a first direction parallel to the a plane in which the surface is positioned, the operator control element controls at least a second function of the motor vehicle, wherein the touchpad moves relative to a surface of an operator control cluster in the motor vehicle in more than two directions parallel to the plane in which the surface is positioned, wherein displacing the operator control element by a first distance in the first direction enables operator control of the second function of the motor vehicle, and displacing the operator control element by a second distance in the first direction enables operator control of at least a third function of the motor vehicle, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance in the first direction and the first and second distances are distances away from an initially located center of the touchpad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for the operator control of a motor vehicle with an operator control element, wherein the operator control element comprises a surface having a touchpad the method comprising:
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receiving operator control of at least a first function of the motor vehicle by touch to the touchpad; and receiving operator control of at least a second function of the motor vehicle by displacement of the operator control element by a first distance in a first direction parallel to a plane in which the touchpad is positioned, wherein the touchpad moves relative to a surface of an operator control cluster in the motor vehicle in more than two directions parallel to the plane in which the surface is positioned, wherein the method further comprises receiving operator control of at least a third function of the motor vehicle by displacement of the operator control element by a second distance in the first direction parallel to the plane in which the touchpad is positioned, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance in the first direction and the first and second distances are distances away from an initially located center of the touchpad. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An operator control element configured to enable operator control of functions of a motor vehicle, the operator control element comprising:
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a surface including a touchpad that enables the operator to control at least a first function of the motor vehicle, wherein when the operator control element is displaced in a first direction parallel to a plane in which the surface is positioned, the operator control controls at least a second function of the motor vehicle, wherein the touchpad moves relative to a surface of an operator control cluster in the motor vehicle in more than two directions parallel to the plane in which the surface is positioned, wherein displacement of the operator control element by a first distance in the first direction enables operator control of the second function of the motor vehicle, and displacement of the operator control element by a second distance in the first direction allows operator control of at least a third function of the motor vehicle, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance in the first direction and the first and second distances are distances away from an initially located center of the touchpad. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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