Patents by Inventor Alf Pollex

Alf Pollex has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Input device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8988358
    Abstract: An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes a display for displaying variable information, and a touch screen, disposed above the display, for inputting instructions by touching the touch screen, and the input device including a control system for generating a selection marking displayable on the display, and for displacing the selection marking displayed by the display according to a touching motion across the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Dino Göhler, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Sun Han
  • Input device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8026902
    Abstract: An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes: a display for the visual representation of an operating element; a touch screen disposed above the display for detecting a touching contact of the touch screen in the region of the operating element; and a control system for displacing the operating element, represented with the aid of the display, according to a touching motion across the touch screen, and the input device including an actuator for deflecting the touch screen when the operating element attains a predefined position or is moved a predefined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Sun Han
  • Input device for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070146341
    Abstract: An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes: a display for the visual representation of an operating element; a touch screen disposed above the display for detecting a touching contact of the touch screen in the region of the operating element; and a control system for displacing the operating element, represented with the aid of the display, according to a touching motion across the touch screen, and the input device including an actuator for deflecting the touch screen when the operating element attains a predefined position or is moved a predefined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Han
  • Input device for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070146342
    Abstract: An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes a display for displaying variable information, and a touch screen, disposed above the display, for inputting instructions by touching the touch screen, and the input device including a control system for generating a selection marking displayable on the display, and for displacing the selection marking displayed by the display according to a touching motion across the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Dino Gohler, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Han