US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on March 24 for "User interface for a vehicle and a vehicle" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,316, issued on March 24, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"User interface for a vehicle and a vehicle" was invented by Etienne Iliffe-Moon (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface for a vehicle is adapted to present visible information capture user input. The user interface includes an optical faceplate having a flat contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface, and an optic light guide material provided between the contact surface and the three-dimensional display surface. A two-dimensional display and the contact surface are arrangeable so that light emitted from the display ...