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Jean-Marc Tissot

Patrice Laurent

Stéphane Vanhelle

Anthony Aubry

Xavier Drouin

Stéphanie Dabic

Laurent Mounier

Stephane Vanhelle

Etienne Lebreton

The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle, which includes: a touch-sensitive surface () including a contact sensor capable of measuring a pressing pressure on the touch-sensitive surface () during a predetermined time (dt; dt, dt), and a haptic feedback module () configured such as to generate a haptic feedback in response to a contact of the touch-sensitive surface (), characterised in that the haptic feedback module () is configured such as to determine the profile of the haptic feedback to be generated in accordance with the variation in the pressing pressure measured on the touch-sensitive surface () during the predetermined time (dt; dt, dt).

Control device for motor vehicle and control method

The invention relates to a control device with sensory feedback () comprising: a detector () of gestures of the hand () of a user (), a sensory feedback unit () connected to the gesture detector () and providing sensory feedback to the user () in accordance with the gestures of the user's hand (), characterised in that the sensory feedback unit () includes a unit () for blowing a stream of air towards an area () for detecting gestures of the hand () of the user ().

Control device with sensory feedback

A control interface with haptic feedback for a motor vehicle to take into account an action of a user by providing the user with a haptic feedback. The control unit includes a magnetorheological fluid module that has a rotary element which rotates about an axis of the magnetorheological fluid module, said rotary element being in contact with magnetorheological fluid and designed to be coupled to a grip element, and an application unit for applying a magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid, designed to modify the strength of the magnetic field. The control interface also includes a control unit having a fixed tactile surface arranged at the centre of the grip element.

Control interface with haptic feedback using a magnetorheological fluid module

The present invention relates to a control interface () with haptic feedback, in particular for a motor vehicle, intended to take account of an action of a user by providing him with haptic feedback, comprising a magneto-rheological fluid module (), the said module () comprising: a rotary element () rotating about an axis (Z) of the module (), said rotary element () being in contact with the magneto-rheological fluid and intended to be coupled with a gripping element (), and a unit () for applying a magnetic field to the magneto-rheological fluid and configured so as to modify the intensity of said magnetic field.

Control interface with haptic feedback

The invention relates to a control interface with haptic feedback (), especially for a motor vehicle, designed to take into account an action of a user by providing the user with a haptic feedback, comprising a magnetorheological fluid module (), said module comprising:

A tactile control interface including an outer surface and means for locating a pressure by a finger of a user on the outer surface is disclosed. The outer surface is implemented by a rigid plate and said locating means include at least three force sensors onto which the plate is attached and which are configured for measuring a force in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the plate, means for calculating the position of the pressure of a finger on the plate on the basis of the measurements supplied by said at least three force sensors.

Tactile control interface

The invention relates to an actuator for a tactile interface module () with haptic feedback, to be connected to a tactile surface () that can detect pressure by a user and can generate haptic feedback according to a detected pressure, and comprising: a frame (); a mobile core () cooperating with the frame (), to be movably driven between end positions in order to generate the haptic feedback; electromagnetic actuating means () for movably driving the mobile core (); fixing elements () for connecting the actuator to the tactile surface (); and elastic means () defining an idle position of the mobile core () in the absence of the actuating means () driving the core, characterized in that the elastic means () are arranged around the fixing elements ().

Actuator for a tactile interface module with haptic feedback

The invention relates to a haptic feedback module to be built into a motor vehicle for a mobile device () having touch-sensitive surface (), characterized in that said haptic feedback module comprises at least one actuator () configured to transmit a movement to said mobile device (). The invention also relates to a control device for a motor vehicle which includes such a haptic feedback module.

Haptic feedback module designed to be integrated into an automobile vehicle for a mobile device and corresponding control device

The invention relates to an actuator () for a touch interface module () with haptic feedback, the interface module comprising a touch surface () able to detect at least one property of a user's touch, the actuator () comprising: a frame (); a moveable core () interacting with the frame () and intended to be driven to move between extreme positions in order to generate the haptic feedback; and a main actuator connected to the touch surface () and able to generate haptic feedback depending on the detected touch and comprising electromagnetic actuating means () for driving the moveable core () to move, characterized in that it furthermore comprises a controlled secondary actuator () cooperating with the moveable core ().

Touch interface module

The invention relates a haptic feedback touch-sensitive interface module () including a touch-sensitive surface (), capable of detecting bearing by a user, and at least one actuator that is connected to the touch-sensitive surface (), wherein said module is capable of generating haptic feedback on the basis of the bearing detected, and includes: a frame (); a movable core () that engages with the frame () and is intended to be moved between extremal positions so as to generate the haptic feedback; and an electromagnetic actuation means () for moving the movable core (); wherein the actuator of said haptic feedback touch-sensitive interface module also comprises a first and second prestressed resilient means (A andB), respectively arranged on either side of the movable core ().

Haptic feedback touch-sensitive interface module

The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle, including a control touch-sensitive surface () configured to detect a gesture by a user, which is exerted on said touch-sensitive surface (), and a unit () for interpreting said detected gesture, in order to generate a command associated with said detected gesture. According to the invention, said control device comprises at least one processing unit () configured to alternate the operating mode of said control device between an applied operating mode and a basic operating mode, on the basis of an input parameter for alternating the operating mode.

Touch sensitive control device for a motor vehicle

The present invention relates to a rotary control device with haptic feedback to be mounted in a control panel () of a motor vehicle, said rotary control device () comprising: a rotary control member (), an angular sensor () representative of the angular position of said rotary control member () and the output of which is intended to be connected to a processing unit of said motor vehicle, a device for generating haptic feedback (), which is coupled to said rotary control member () in order to apply vibration to said rotary control member (), characterized in that said rotary control member () has a control surface () of a general planar shape, which is intended to be substantially flush with said control panel () and in that said device for generating haptic feedback () is intended to be controlled by said processing unit in order to select a predetermined vibration from a plurality of predefined vibrations in such a way that said generating device () applies the selected vibration to said rotary control member () in response to the output signal of said angular sensor ().

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Creteil, France

Jean-Marc Tissot