Method for displaying information
First Claim
1. A method for displaying information relating to assignments of functions to a group of freely assignable operating keys in a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- in the first display step, brief descriptions of each respective function assignment for all operating keys of the group are output side-by-side into screen areas, which essentially are adjacent to each other, in an edge region of a display unit of the motor vehicle; and
in the second display step, for a selected one of the operating keys, a more detailed description of the respective function assignment for the selected operating key is output into the same edge region of the same display unit such that the more detailed description covers an entire screen area of the brief description of the selected operating key, and the more detailed description at least partially covers a screen area of the brief description of at least one additional operating key, wherein the brief description and the more detailed description both correspond to the same operating key and correspondingly assigned function, and wherein the operating keys are arranged separately from a display in the motor vehicle on which the brief description and the more detailed description are displayed.
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Abstract
In a method for displaying information relating to the assignments of functions to a group of freely assignable operating keys in a motor vehicle, a first display step outputs for each operating key of the group a brief description of the respective function assignment, and a second display step outputs for a single selected operating key of the group a more detailed description. In the first display step, the brief descriptions of all operating keys of the group are output side-by-side into screen areas, which essentially are adjacent to each other, in an edge region of a display unit of the motor vehicle. In the second display step, the more detailed description is output into the same edge region of the same display unit such that the more detailed description covers the entire screen area of the brief description of the selected operating key, and the more detailed description at least partially covers the screen area of the brief description of at least one additional operating key.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for displaying information relating to assignments of functions to a group of freely assignable operating keys in a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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in the first display step, brief descriptions of each respective function assignment for all operating keys of the group are output side-by-side into screen areas, which essentially are adjacent to each other, in an edge region of a display unit of the motor vehicle; and in the second display step, for a selected one of the operating keys, a more detailed description of the respective function assignment for the selected operating key is output into the same edge region of the same display unit such that the more detailed description covers an entire screen area of the brief description of the selected operating key, and the more detailed description at least partially covers a screen area of the brief description of at least one additional operating key, wherein the brief description and the more detailed description both correspond to the same operating key and correspondingly assigned function, and wherein the operating keys are arranged separately from a display in the motor vehicle on which the brief description and the more detailed description are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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