DR. MICHAEL PRADOS, MD
Medical Practice at Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA

2007005, Mar 15, 2007

Sep 12, 2006

11/531132

Michael Prados - San Francisco CA, US
Brian Finn - East Palo Alto CA, US

G09G 5/00

345173000

An input device, especially for a vehicle, has a housing, a display arranged in the housing for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display for input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen and an actuator to move the touchscreen and housing in at least one direction, and in which the housing is movable relative to the display.

7834857, Nov 16, 2010

Sep 12, 2006

11/531125

Michael Prados - San Francisco CA, US

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G06F 3/041

345173

An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a housing, a display arranged in the housing for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display to enter commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen, an actuator arranged in the housing to move the touchscreen or housing in at least one direction, a control arranged in the housing to drive the actuator when the operating surface is touched in a region prescribed for haptic feedback and an interface for output of information via a command entered by touching the operating surface of the touchscreen.

2007005, Mar 15, 2007

Jul 25, 2006

11/459826

Michael Prados - San Francisco CA, US
Jackie Lai - Mountain View CA, US
Brian Lathrop - San Jose CA, US

G09G 5/00

345173000

An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a display for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display to input commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen, an actuator to move the touchscreen in at least one direction, essentially parallel to the operating surface, and a control to drive the actuator, so that the touchscreen is moved in a first time interval with a first movement function and in a second time interval connected to the first time interval with a second movement function different from the first movement function.

8269726, Sep 18, 2012

Nov 30, 2006

11/565141

Michael Prados - San Francisco CA, US

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G06F 3/041

345173, 345163, 715701

An input device, especially for a motor vehicle, has a display, a touch screen arranged above the display and an operating surface, an actuator for moving the touch screen in at least one direction, and a control unit for visually representing changeable operating information and operating elements on the display for detecting a position of a touching of the operating surface and for the haptic feedback by controlling the actuator, wherein a file or a data set is stored in the control unit or in a memory assigned to the control unit, the file or data set comprising graphical information for representing at least operating information or at least one operating element and also control information for a haptic feedback assigned to the operating information or to the operating element.

2005022, Oct 13, 2005

Feb 2, 2005

11/051051

Michael Prados - San Francisco CA, US

G09G005/00

345173000

An input device, e.g., for a motor vehicle, includes: a touch screen for the input of commands by touching a control panel or by pressing on the control panel; an actuator for moving the touch screen in at least one direction with respect to a reference body; and an substantially unshaped spring for the mechanical connection of the touch screen to the reference body.

2007009, May 3, 2007

Oct 27, 2006

11/553666

Michael Prados - San Francisco CA, US
Sven Strohband - Mountain View CA, US

G09G 5/00

345173000

An input device, especially for a motor vehicle, has a display for the visual representation of information, a touch screen arranged above the display for the input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touch screen, and a layer having adjustable transparency arranged between the display and the touchscreen.