Patent ID: 6909407

Claim:
A method for displaying pictograms with a device arranged in a vehicle, the device comprising a control unit and a display unit, in particular a liquid crystal display, controlled by the control unit, the method comprising the steps of a) displaying the pictograms in symbol fields ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) of the display unit, the symbol fields ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) being arranged one next to the other to form a row of symbol fields, b) displaying each pictogram which is to be newly displayed in a specific symbol field ( 2 ) of the row of symbol fields until a pictogram with a more recent time priority is to be displayed, c) displacing all the pictograms which have already been displayed in the row of symbol fields by one symbol field when a new pictogram is displayed, d) expanding the row of symbol fields ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) visible on the display unit at least one of start and end of said row in virtual fashion by invisible symbol fields ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ), for displacing pictograms onto these invisible symbol fields ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ) if a number of pictograms to be displayed exceeds a number of symbol fields ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) visible on the display unit, wherein a section of pictograms arranged in the visible symbol fields can be displayed on the display unit by a control element ( 13 ), wherein said control element ( 13 ) is able to displace the row of symbol fields.