Patent ID: 8581718
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: B60K,G06F,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle comprising: a display that presents a list of entries, wherein an entry has an associated function of the motor vehicle; and a rotary knob associated with the display, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and rotated through a prescribed angle of rotation in a first operator control mode to move a marker from one entry to an entry which is adjacent thereto, wherein the rotary knob movement in a first direction in an orientation of the axis of rotation triggers transfer to a second operator control mode, in which movement of the marker on the display is performed at a prescribed speed or at a speed which is dependent on the rotation of the rotary knob, and wherein an entry marked by the marker is selected by moving the rotary knob in the first direction and subsequently moving the rotary knob in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, provided that the rotary knob is not rotated between the movement in the first direction and the movement in the second direction, wherein both the first and second directions are in an orientation on the axis of rotation of the rotary knob.