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Method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, and display device

  • US 9,746,946 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2014
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • generating, by a user interface device, graphic data which actuate at least a subregion of the display such that in an operating state, information which is assigned to at least one operator step executable by an input device is displayed, and in a display state, information which is not assigned to any operator steps is displayed, and it is detected when an object enters an operator control zone assigned to the input device and when the object leaves the operator control zone; and

    switching the user interface device from the operating state to the display state when the object leaves the operator control zone and the object does not reenter the operator control zone within a defined time interval.

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