Patent ID: 8446381

Claim:
A control panel for onboard instruments of vehicles, comprising: a touch-screen for displaying information; a frame defining the periphery of the said screen and including finger guiding zones disposed on said periphery; and virtual selection and control buttons displayed on the screen at least partially in the said finger guiding zones; wherein the frame includes one or more orifices, each orifice forming one of said finger guiding zones for a virtual control button, and each orifice being completely surrounded by the frame, with internal edges of each orifice defining a shape: forming for at least one finger a path corresponding to the mode of actuation of the virtual control button appearing there; the geometry of which informs the user as to the movement to be performed in order to actuate the virtual button which it defines; and the internal edge of which is calculated to guide the finger or fingers in its/their movement on the touch screen.