Patents by Inventor Jan Michaelis
Jan Michaelis 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).
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Patent number: 10452228Abstract: A method and a device for displaying information and for operating an electronic device in a vehicle, wherein a plurality of list elements are displayed on a display surface with a touch-sensitive surface; a contact of a list element on the touch-sensitive surface with an actuating object or an approach of the actuating object to the list element is detected, whereupon the list element is activated, and after the activation of the list element, a first swiping movement of the actuating object on or in the vicinity of the touch-sensitive surface is detected, and with or after the detection of the first swiping movement of the actuating object, at least the list elements which are not activated are removed from the display surface and a multimedia additional element associated with the activated list element is inserted into the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Mathias Kuhn, Jan Michaelis, Alexander Hahn
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Patent number: 8988358Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Dino Göhler, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Sun Han
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Publication number: 20140344690Abstract: A method and a device for displaying information and for operating an electronic device in a vehicle, wherein a plurality of list elements are displayed on a display surface with a touch-sensitive surface; a contact of a list element on the touch-sensitive surface with an actuating object or an approach of the actuating object to the list element is detected, whereupon the list element is activated, and after the activation of the list element, a first swiping movement of the actuating object on or in the vicinity of the touch-sensitive surface is detected, and with or after the detection of the first swiping movement of the actuating object, at least the list elements which are not activated are removed from the display surface and a multimedia additional element associated with the activated list element is inserted into the display surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Mathias Kuhn, Jan Michaelis, Alexander Hahn
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Publication number: 20130238189Abstract: A display device for a vehicle equipped with a plurality of comfort systems that can be switched on or off is provided. The display device has a display area for displaying graphical objects and a control unit for controlling the display area. The control unit is designed to receive data about consumptions of the comfort systems and to produce graphical data for graphical objects representing the consumptions for the display area from said data. The consumption due to comfort systems is indicated to the driver in an intuitive manner if the graphical object of a switched-on comfort system is designed as a segment of an annular figure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Volkswagen AGInventor: Jan MICHAELIS
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Patent number: 8432272Abstract: A display device (1) of a motor vehicle, wherein the display device (1) has a display area having a display area center (3), wherein the display area has at least one inner area (4) and at least one lateral area (5), wherein the lateral area (5) is formed as a partial lateral area of a first cone which is characterized by an angle of aperture (?) and a first cone axis (6), wherein a viewing ray (8) directed form at least one viewing unit (7) onto the display device center (3) intersects the first cone axis (6) in an intersecting angle (?) so that the sum of the half of the angle of aperture (?/2) and the intersecting angle (?) is in an angular range from 75 degrees to 105 degrees, wherein the viewing unit (7) is positioned within a predefined position volume (11) in the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Jan Michaelis
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Patent number: 8229626Abstract: The multi-function control device for a motor vehicle has a plurality of operating elements, function groups and/or functions subordinate to the function groups being operable via the operating elements, the function groups having one or more menu levels, which are displayable via a display device, and one or more function groups being active, and a selected function group from among the group of the active function groups, and/or at least one function subordinate to the selected function group is displayable using the display device, it being possible to access non-selected, active function groups and/or at least one function subordinate to the non-selected function group, within the selected function group without leaving the context of the selected function group.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Andreas Medler, Jan Michaelis, Frank Hauschild, Kyoung Sun Han
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Patent number: 8026902Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Sun Han
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Publication number: 20100302023Abstract: A display device (1) of a motor vehicle, wherein the display device (1) has a display area having a display area center (3), wherein the display area has at least one inner area (4) and at least one lateral area (5), wherein the lateral area (5) is formed as a partial lateral area of a first cone which is characterized by an angle of aperture (?) and a first cone axis (6), wherein a viewing ray (8) directed form at least one viewing unit (7) onto the display device center (3) intersects the first cone axis (6) in an intersecting angle (?) so that the sum of the half of the angle of aperture (?/2) and the intersecting angle (?) is in an angular range from 75 degrees to 105 degrees, wherein the viewing unit (7) is positioned within a predefined position volume (11) in the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventor: Jan Michaelis
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Publication number: 20090228158Abstract: The multi-function control device for a motor vehicle has a plurality of operating elements, function groups and/or functions subordinate to the function groups being operable via the operating elements, the function groups having one or more menu levels, which are displayable via a display device, and one or more function groups being active, and a selected function group from among the group of the active function groups, and/or at least one function subordinate to the selected function group is displayable using the display device, it being possible to access non-selected, active function groups and/or at least one function subordinate to the non-selected function group, within the selected function group without leaving the context of the selected function group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Volkswagen AGInventors: Andreas Medler, Jan Michaelis, Frank Hauschild, Kyoung Sun Han
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Publication number: 20070146341Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Han
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Publication number: 20070146342Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Andreas Medler, Ulrike Wehling, Alf Pollex, Dino Gohler, Jan Michaelis, Rainer Dehmann, Kyoung Han