Patent ID: 6701161
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B60K,B60R,G01C,H04M

Abstract:
A multimedia unit with functional components (RT, BR, AU, GPS-S) for using different media in a vehicle, which includes at least one basic device (BD) and a removable operating section (OS) and where the operating section (OS) comprises:a radio telephone which can be used independently of the basic device (BD), a control surface with activation elements (E1 to E9) and at least one display element (D1,D2) for turning on or displaying operating modes of the functional components (RT,BR,AU,GPS-S), and a processor system (O-&mgr;P, FLASH 2) with separate control and display software (SW) for operating functional components (RT,BR,AU, GPS-S), characterized in that: the control surface is a touch sensitive screen (TS) which, in conjunction with the processor system (O-&mgr;P, FLASH 2) and the control and display software (SW), generates an interactive user surface (F1,F2,F3) which is adapted to the functional component to be switched on in such an intelligent manner, that the latter only has those activation elements (E1 to E8, D1, D2) which refer to the functional components (RT, BR, AU, GPS-S) being switched on, wherein the functional components include the radio telephone.