Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle-associated device with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit 1, selectable characters and/or symbols can be displayed in at least one selection field 2, and selected characters, symbols, a character or function group can be displayed in at least one input field 3, with a storage device with data stored therein, and with a data processing unit for selecting data from data stored in the storage device, on the basis of predeterminable criteria and taking into consideration the characters and/or symbols selected so far by a user, wherein the device is set up in order to display, on the display unit 1, a completion designation 4 in the area of the selection field 2 in the immediate vicinity of a character or symbol selected most recently by a user, to the extent that a possible completion of

Abstract: A method and an apparatus facilitate the orientation of a user in a virtual environment. This involves a user initiating a change between two views of the virtual environment. A first view provides a detailed representation of a destination and a second view is scaled such that both the destination and a reference point, such as a current position, are presented together.

Abstract: A method for resolving and operating POI stacks in a virtual environment displayed on an image screen surface, automatically scales, upon selecting a first POI stack with a first quantity of POI's contained in the POI stack, the representation of the virtual environment such that POI's contained in the first POI stack are displayed on the image screen surface such that individual POI's, when correctly positioned in the virtual environment, maintain a minimum size and a minimum distance to respective neighboring POI's, and, if the minimum distance cannot be maintained, a partial quantity of the quantity of POI's of the first POI stack is combined in at least one second POI stack on the basis of the respective position of the individual POI's in the virtual environment. A corresponding system is also described.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus facilitate the orientation of a user in a virtual environment. This involves a user initiating a change between two views of the virtual environment. A first view provides a detailed representation of a destination and a second view is scaled such that both the destination and a reference point, such as a current position, are presented together.

Abstract: A method for resolving and operating POI stacks in a virtual environment displayed on an image screen surface, automatically scales, upon selecting a first POI stack with a first quantity of POI's contained in the POI stack, the representation of the virtual environment such that POI's contained in the first POI stack are displayed on the image screen surface such that individual POI's, when correctly positioned in the virtual environment, maintain a minimum size and a minimum distance to respective neighboring POI's, and, if the minimum distance cannot be maintained, a partial quantity of the quantity of POI's of the first POI stack is combined in at least one second POI stack on the basis of the respective position of the individual POI's in the virtual environment. A corresponding system is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle-associated device with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit 1, selectable characters and/or symbols can be displayed in at least one selection field 2, and selected characters, symbols, a character or function group can be displayed in at least one input field 3, with a storage device with data stored therein, and with a data processing unit for selecting data from data stored in the storage device, on the basis of predeterminable criteria and taking into consideration the characters and/or symbols selected so far by a user, wherein the device is set up in order to display, on the display unit 1, a completion designation 4 in the area of the selection field 2 in the immediate vicinity of a character or symbol selected most recently by a user, to the extent that a possible completion of

Abstract: A method controls a functional device of a motor vehicle by a control device. The control device has a rotary actuator which is rotationally mounted on a retaining element. The rotary actuator has at least one coding element. With the method an absolute rotational angle is detected between the rotary actuator and the retaining element based on a coding of the at least one coding element. A plurality of latch positions are defined for the rotary actuator in the rotational direction thereof. The respective latch position and the absolute rotational angle between two of the latch positions are detected, based on the coding of the at least one coding element. The functional device is controlled in accordance with the detected absolute rotational angle if the rotary actuator is between two of the latch positions.