Patent ID: 7225413

Claim:
A display control device, comprising: a display screen having a marginal region and a central region, the central region of the display screen being enclosed by the marginal region; a menu structure displayable on the display screen, the menu structure including at least one of a menu, partial menus, functions, and function values that are selectable; an actuating element rotatable about a longitudinal axis and movable in a direction of the longitudinal axis, the actuating element having an initial position and being able to perform an additional movement having two additional degrees of freedom; wherein the additional movement of the actuating element enables a field arranged in the marginal region of the display screen and associated with a point of the menu structure to be selected; and further wherein at least one of rotation about the longitudinal axis and movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the actuating element enables a subordinate field of the menu structure associated with the field in the marginal region of the display screen to be selected in the central region of the display screen.