ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,552, issued on June 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Control device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Matthias Lindner (Graefelfing, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising a display element, a projection unit, and a capacitive proximity sensor. At least one control element can be projected onto a visible surface of the display element by the projection unit. Actuation of the control element can be detected by the capacitive proximity sensor."
The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2022, under Application No. 18/294,625.
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