Patent ID: 8598999

Claim:
A combination instrument for displaying information related to vehicle functions and/or assistance functions in a vehicle to a vehicle occupant, the combination instrument comprising: a first zone configured as an interaction display for configuring the combination instrument to display a set of information related to the vehicle functions and/or the assistance functions that can be selected; wherein the first zone comprises an interactive selection zone that is located in a lower part and configured to display a subset of the set of information displayed in the first zone; an input comprising a rotary pushbutton knob, a left distributor, and a right distributor; the rotary pushbutton knob configured to change the subset of the set of information displayed in the interactive selection zone upon turning the rotary pushbutton knob to select the subset of the set of information that is displayed in the interactive selection zone as selected information; and a second zone configured as a storage zone in which the selected information is configured to be displayed and remains visible until the vehicle occupant selects other subset of the set of information or no information, and comprises two display fields which adjoin on the left and right sides of the first zone; wherein the selected subset of information, when caused by the rotary pushbutton knob to be displayed in the interactive selection zone, is larger than when displayed in the first zone; wherein the selected subset of information is configured to be viewed in an enlarged form in a subzone in the interaction display of the first zone upon pressing the rotary pushbutton knob; and wherein a representation of the selected subset of information is configured to be moved from the subzone of the interaction display into at least one of the display fields of the second zone as soon as a corresponding distributor is activated by the vehicle occupant.