Patent ID: 8527900

Claim:
A motor vehicle having an operator control element for operator control of functions of the motor vehicle, said operator control element comprising: a surface including a touchpad that enables the operator to control at least a first function of the motor vehicle, wherein when the operator control element is displaced in a first direction parallel to the a plane in which the surface is positioned, the operator control element controls at least a second function of the motor vehicle, wherein the touchpad moves relative to a surface of an operator control cluster in the motor vehicle in more than two directions parallel to the plane in which the surface is positioned, wherein displacing the operator control element by a first distance in the first direction enables operator control of the second function of the motor vehicle, and displacing the operator control element by a second distance in the first direction enables operator control of at least a third function of the motor vehicle, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance in the first direction and the first and second distances are distances away from an initially located center of the touchpad.