Patent ID: 8269726

Claim:
An input device comprising: a display; a touch screen arranged above the display and comprising an operating surface; an actuator for moving the touch screen in at least one direction; a memory storing a file or data set comprising graphical information representing a geographic map including at least one geometrical structure corresponding to at least one operating element; and a control unit for: accessing the file or data set from the memory; visually representing the graphical information from the file or data set by displaying the geographic map including the at least one geometrical structure on the display; automatically identifying the geometrical structures in the displayed map using pattern recognition of the graphical information representing the displayed map, wherein the graphical information and geometrical structures do not relate to a detection of a user or other physical object by the input device; automatically assigning control information for a haptic feedback to each operating element corresponding to an identified geometrical structure; automatically detecting a position of a touching on the operating surface; automatically determining that the position of the touching corresponds to an identified geometrical structure corresponding to a particular operating element; automatically determining the haptic feedback assigned to the particular identified operating element; and generating the determined haptic feedback by controlling the actuator to move the touch screen in at least one direction.