Patent ID: 6637534
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
A selection device for setting a driving speed of a vehicle, comprising:an operating element; a control device operatively coupled with the operating element; an engine control coupled with the control device so that, upon activation of the engine control by the control device, the driving speed of the vehicle will be automatically regulated; a display operatively coupled with the control device, wherein at least two vehicle speed values are markable on the display using the operating element; wherein the display further comprises a pointer mark movable through use of the operating element; and wherein in a first operating mode of the control device, the markable vehicle speed values are settable and erasable through the use of the pointer mark, and in a second operating mode of the control unit, any set marked speed values are activated to control the driving speed of the vehicle accordingly through the use of the pointer mark.