Philippe P Alessandrini

7643017, Jan 5, 2010

Dec 16, 2005

11/303536

Jackie Lai - Mountain View CA, US
Brian Finn - East Palo Alto CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G09G 5/00

345184, 345156, 345157

A servosystem, in particular a servosystem for a motor vehicle, includes a display showing a list of clickable menu items, a rotary knob with a rotary element to operate the rotary knob, with a number of mechanical detents to alternately increase the rotary momentum necessary for rotating the rotary element, with a brake to brake the rotary element and with a rotation sensor to measure the rotation of the rotary element with a resolution that is the least four times, in particular at least six times, and with particular preference at least eight times the number of mechanical detents per rotation of the rotary element, and a control for converting the rotation of the rotary element into a scrolling motion through a list and for activating the brake when the last clickable menu item of the list is reached or the first clickable menu items of the list is reached.

7920126, Apr 5, 2011

Dec 29, 2005

11/322056

Michael Prados - Redwood City CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US
Wolfgang Bloehs - Ingolstadt, DE

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G06F 3/041

345173, 345156, 345176

An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a touchscreen to enter commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen or by pressing on the operating surface, an actuator to move the touchscreen in at least one direction, and a control module to control the actuator as a function of the speed of a touching movement over the operating surface.

8040323, Oct 18, 2011

Dec 30, 2005

11/323915

Michael Prados - Redwood City CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US
Wolfgang Bloehs - Ingolstadt, DE

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G06F 3/041

345173, 715700

An input device, especially an input device for a vehicle, includes a display for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display for input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen and a control for optical display of additional or other information on the display during at least a second simultaneously occurring touching of the operating surface.

8599142, Dec 3, 2013

Dec 29, 2005

11/322035

Michael Prados - Redwood City CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US
Wolfgang Bloehs - Ingolstadt, DE

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G06F 3/041

345173, 345174, 178 1801

An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a display to display an operating element, a touchscreen arranged above the display for recognition of the position of touching of an operating surface of the touchscreen, a force sensor connected to the touchscreen for measurement of the force exerted on the operating surface of the touchscreen, and a control to generate a warning during touching of the operating surface of the touchscreen in the region of display of the operating element or during pressing on the operating surface of the touchscreen in the region of display of the operating element, and to generate a control command assigned to the operating element, if, after generation of the warning, a force that exceeds a force limit value is exerted on the operating surface.

8614683, Dec 24, 2013

Jul 21, 2011

13/188085

Brian Ng - Los Angeles CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US
Brian Finn - East Palo Alto CA, US
Arne Stoschek - Palo Alto CA, US

Volkswagen AG - Wolfsburg

G06F 3/041

345173, 345 11, 345 4, 345156, 345108, 345110

An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a first display for optical display of information, at least a second display arranged above the first display for optical display of information and a touchscreen arranged above the second display for entry of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen.

20070097091, May 3, 2007

Jul 26, 2006

11/460157

Brian Ng - Los Angeles CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US
Brian Finn - East Palo Alto CA, US
Arne Stoschek - Palo Alto CA, US

G09G 5/00

345173000

An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a first display for optical display of information, at least a second display arranged above the first display for optical display of information and a touchscreen arranged above the second display for entry of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen.

20070129889, Jun 7, 2007

Dec 4, 2006

11/566290

Philippe Alessandrini - Palo Alto CA, US

G01C 21/00

701213000, 701200000

In a vehicle with a navigation system which includes a position-finding system to determine the position of the vehicle and a navigation control to integrate a marking to characterize the position of the vehicle in a satellite image from a vicinity of the position of the vehicle or to assign the marking to the satellite image, the position of marking, with reference to the satellite image, essentially corresponds to the position of the vehicle in the vicinity depicted by means of the satellite image, and the navigation system includes a display device to display the satellite image, together with the marking.

20070205625, Sep 6, 2007

Dec 29, 2006

11/617886

Jackie Lai - Mountain View CA, US
Philippe Alessandrini - Cambridge MA, US
Brian Ng - San Jose CA, US

B60R 27/00

296070000, 296024340

The invention relates to a motor vehicle, said motor vehicle comprising a soft fabric arranged in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle for emitting an output signal depending on pressure exerted on the soft fabric, wherein at least one electrical property of the soft fabric can be changed as a function of the pressure exerted on the soft fabric, and wherein the motor vehicle comprises a control unit for evaluating the output signal for the purpose of a text recognition.