Input device in a motor vehicle and a method of input of charactors from a character set
First Claim
1. An input device (15) in a motor vehicle having at least one scrolling device (17) and at least one pushbutton (21A, 21B, 21C) for selection and input of characters from a character set (27), wherein at least a portion of the character set (27) is displayed on a display screen (23) by rows and by columns, and the input of a character is performed by means of the scrolling device (17), which preselects a portion of a column or an entire column and by means of the at least one pushbutton (21A, 21B, 21C) by means of which a character is selected from a row of the previously selected column.
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Abstract
An input device in a vehicle and method of implementing it are proposed. The input device (15) comprises a scrolling device (17) and at least one pushbutton (21A; 21B; 21C) for selection and input of characters from a character set (27). At least a portion of the character set (27) is displayed by rows and by columns on a display screen (23). The input of a character is performed by means of the scrolling device (17) which preselects a portion of a column or an entire column and by means of at least one pushbutton (21A; 21B; 21C) by means of which a character is selected from a row of the preselected column.
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- 1. An input device (15) in a motor vehicle having at least one scrolling device (17) and at least one pushbutton (21A, 21B, 21C) for selection and input of characters from a character set (27), wherein at least a portion of the character set (27) is displayed on a display screen (23) by rows and by columns, and the input of a character is performed by means of the scrolling device (17), which preselects a portion of a column or an entire column and by means of the at least one pushbutton (21A, 21B, 21C) by means of which a character is selected from a row of the previously selected column.
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