Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh

Markus Hartmueller

Sascha Staude

Raphael Mack

Georg Poslowsky

Iordanis Tsinistidis

The present invention relates to a combined capacitive sensor and heating apparatus () having a capacitive sensor device for detecting the presence of a capacitively effective actuation means in a detection region of the sensor device, and having a heating device, wherein the sensor and heating apparatus () has an electrical combined sensor and heating element (), wherein a synchronization device () is configured to capture an actual voltage applied to the first electrical path (P) between the first pole (V+) of a voltage source and the first connection () of the combined sensor and heating element () and/or an actual current flow and/or to capture an actual voltage applied between the second connection () of the combined sensor and heating element () and the second pole (GND) and/or an actual current flow and to detect an instantaneous actual state of the heating device on the basis thereof, and to control the sensor device and/or output at least one control signal for at least partially controlling the sensor device on the basis of the detected actual state of the heating device.

Combined capacitive sensor and heating apparatus, method for operating a sensor and heating apparatus, steering input apparatus assembly having a sensor and heating apparatus, and vehicle having a steering input apparatus assembly

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