Kostal of America

Peter Glen Elphick

Steven R Hoskins

Kenneth S Koscielniak

Xiaozhong Duan

Zhiping Hu

A human-machine interface device includes a touch receiver having a plurality of touch surfaces in distinctly different planes, an elastic strain sensing element having a base and a plurality of legs extending from the base and contacting an associated touch surface, a first linear strain gauge mounted on each leg to detect strain along a first direction and a second strain gauge mounted on each leg to detect strain along a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a processor configured to receive the signals from the strain gauges and determines a command operation intended by a user of the human-machine interface device.

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Rochester, MI, United States of America

Peter Glen Elphick