Patent ID: 9188450
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B60K,G01C,G04G

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, the method comprising: generating, in a control device, graphics data, which control a display area in such a manner that a graphical object containing a presentation of at least part of the Earths surface is displayed; subdividing the presentation of the displayed part of the Earth's surface into geographical areas in different time zones; detecting the position of an actuating object in front of or on the display area; selecting and displaying, in highlighted form, a geographical area which belongs to a single time zone depending on the detected position of the actuating object relative to the displayed geographical areas in different time zones in the presentation of the graphical object; and associating the time zone of the selected geographical area with at least one timer of the vehicle, wherein a geographical area is selected and presented in highlighted form in response to the actuating object touching a touch-sensitive surface of the display area in the region in which the geographical area is displayed. and the selected geographical area is not vet associated with the timer as long as the actuating object is touching the touch-sensitive surface of the display area.