Abstract: A motor control apparatus for a three-phase brushless DC motor. The motor control apparatus comprises a power converter which has, for each phase of the brushless DC motor, an electrical half-bridge having two electronic switches, and an application-specific integrated circuit for actuating the electronic switches of the power converter. The application-specific integrated circuit can be controlled by a programmable control unit in a normal mode, has a first interface for receiving an error signal signaling a malfunction and is designed to change the power converter to a defined final operating state independently of the programmable control unit after receiving the error signal.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus for a three-phase brushless DC motor. The motor control apparatus comprises a power converter which has, for each phase of the brushless DC motor, an electrical half-bridge having two electronic switches, and an application-specific integrated circuit for actuating the electronic switches of the power converter. The application-specific integrated circuit can be controlled by a programmable control unit in a normal mode, has a first interface for receiving an error signal signaling a malfunction and is designed to change the power converter to a defined final operating state independently of the programmable control unit after receiving the error signal.

Abstract: In a method for displaying items of information in a transportation device, the items of information are displayed in the form of hierarchical menu structures. A device for displaying items of information includes a control unit and a display unit for the stereoscopic and/or autostereoscopic display of items of information. In the method, the display is implemented stereoscopically, at least two different menus or menu items being displayed to the viewer at different distances. The instrument cluster includes the placement of a mask in front of the display of a display unit, the mask modifying the light emission of the light emitted by the display so as to result in a display of autostereoscopic images.

Abstract: A method for operating an operating system which generates and displays a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes a first representation with a front side representation of a planar graphical object. An operating action for the graphical object is detected and a transition animation is generated and displayed. Following the transition animation, a second representation with a rear side representation of the graphical object is displayed, the transition animation includes a rotation, shown in perspective, of the graphical object about an axis, and the rear side representation of the graphical object assuming a smaller area than the front side representation. The second representation also includes an information region, and the representation of the graphical object is made smaller during the transition animation. Also disclosed is an operating system having a control unit, a display surface, and a detection unit.

Abstract: In a method for displaying information, in particular in a vehicle, a list of multiple graphic objects is graphically represented on a display, a display area of the display being associated with each represented graphic object and the objects being selectable for executing a function. Prior to the selection of one of the objects, an animation runs in the display area of at least one graphic object, which illustrates the function associated with the graphic object.

Abstract: A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.

Abstract: A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.

Abstract: A method for operating an operating system which generates and displays a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes a first representation with a front side representation of a planar graphical object. An operating action for the graphical object is detected and a transition animation is generated and displayed. Following the transition animation, a second representation with a rear side representation of the graphical object is displayed, the transition animation includes a rotation, shown in perspective, of the graphical object about an axis, and the rear side representation of the graphical object assuming a smaller area than the front side representation. The second representation also includes an information region, and the representation of the graphical object is made smaller during the transition animation. Also disclosed is an operating system having a control unit, a display surface, and a detection unit.

Abstract: A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle comfort system, wherein the control is carried out with the aid of a touch-sensitive display and user interface assigned to the comfort system. In at least one operating mode, the virtual representation of at least one body having a three-dimensional appearance is generated in a first position on the touch-sensitive display and user interface and at least one function that can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the surface of the body, wherein the body is moved after rotating around a horizontal or vertical axis into another position in which at least one other function which can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the visible surface of the body.

Abstract: A method for selecting an object from a list. A portion of a list is displayed using graphical objects on a display surface and functions are assigned to each graphical object. The list is displayed as a stack in which a first graphical object is completely visible at the top of the stack, and other graphical objects are only partly visible perspectively behind the first graphical object, wherein one of the other graphical objects is selected by a selection operating process. The first graphical object displayed at the top of the stack disappears when a selection operating process has been detected such that one of the other graphical objects is displayed at the top of the stack after the first graphical object has disappeared, and the second graphical object is automatically selected so that the function assigned to the second graphical object is carried out.

Abstract: A method for making available a user interface, in particular in a vehicle, in which one or more graphic objects are displayed on a display with a touch-sensitive surface, an operator controlled intention which can be assigned to an operator controlled area of the display is determined in a contactless fashion in a space in the viewing direction in front of the display, and an operator controlled action is implemented by touching one of the graphic objects in the operator-controlled area of the display. Three-dimensional graphics data are calculated for a graphic object in the operator-controlled area of the display, and that when the operator-controlled intention has been determined, the graphic object in the operator-controlled area is emphasized visually in that the display of the graphic object which can be perceived over an area in the plane of the display is changed into a display which can be perceived spatially.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a graphical user interface in a vehicle. The method involves graphical objects displayed completely visibly on a display panel in a first mode of operation of a display apparatus, the graphical objects are divided into a first set of graphical objects and a second set of graphical objects. In a second mode of operation, the display panel is reduced and the display panel is divided into a visible portion and a nonvisible portion so that, following a change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation, the graphical objects in the first set are displayed completely on the visible portion of the display panel and the graphical objects in the second set are at least to some extent not displayed on the visible portion of the display panel.

Abstract: In a method for displaying information arranged in lists, a portion of a list is displayed in a display area, which includes a plurality of list entries, multiple elements being associated at least in part with the list entries, the displayed portion of the list being modifiable by a scrolling action such that previous and subsequent list entries are displayable in succession, and, when a list entry is selected, this list entry is displayed together with at least a portion of the elements that are associated with the list entry. If a selected list entry is displayed together with at least a portion of the elements associated with the selected list entry and the scrolling action is performed, first previous or subsequent elements are displayed in succession and thereupon list entries preceding or following the selected list entry are displayed. A device is configured for implementing the method.

Abstract: A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display surface so that a graphics object relating to an executed application is displayed, and the geometric structure of an actuating object is detected in a detection space in front of the display surface and, depending upon the detected structure, a control signal for controlling the executed application is generated. A control signal for stopping the executed application is generated by the control system if a geometric structure of the actuating object has been detected in the detection space, wherein a substantially planar surface of the actuating object which is oriented substantially parallel to the display surface is spaced apart from the display surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding operating device for carrying out the method and a vehicle having such an operating device.

Abstract: A device for actuating and/or monitoring a brushless DC motor, preferably for safety-relevant applications, preferably while operating or controlling a vehicle or components of a vehicle and a method for reliably checking the functional capability of the device are provided. The device can be actuated by a motor control unit by using a control signal for actuating and/or monitoring a brushless direct current motor by using a converter circuit includes a switching-off apparatus, a driver circuit which acts on the converter circuit and a testable diagnosis unit for monitoring the device and/or the converter circuit and/or the brushless direct current motor. The switching-off apparatus acts on the driver circuit. The testable diagnosis unit can be tested for a malfunction by using a testing command transmitted by the motor control unit.

Abstract: A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.

Abstract: In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display such that a graphical object is displayed in which a display content is shown in a specific scale, and one pixel of the display is selected with the aid of an input device, and a line is drawn on the display starting from this pixel. The scale of the display content is altered as a function of the length of the line. A display device for a motor vehicle can implement the method.

Abstract: A method for displaying information, in which at least one first graphical object is graphically displayed on a display area, and, in the case of a change to a second graphical object, a control device generates graphic data that control the display area in a manner that causes the first object to disappear and the second object to be faded in. In the case of a change to the second object, the control device generates graphic data that control the display area such that, in the perspective representation on the display area, the first graphical object is swiveled out about a first axis disposed outside of the display area; and, in the perspective representation on the display area, the second graphical object is swiveled in about a second axis disposed outside of the display area, until it is fully displayed.