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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Le Mesnil Saint Denis, FR;
Tan Duc Huynh, Neuilly sur Marne, FR;
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Le Mesnil Saint Denis, FR;
Abstract
A command device () for at least one function of a motor vehicle, the device comprising: —a touchpad () configured to receive a command of said at least one function, —at least one antenna () arranged around the touchpad () in such a way as to frame said touchpad (), the antenna () being capable of forming a capacitor with at least one exterior element () in contact with the touchpad (), —means for measuring () the capacitance of the capacitor formed by the antenna () and said at least one exterior element (), and —a means of control of the command () configured so as to take account of the command received by the touchpad () when the capacitance measured by the measurement means () lies in a predetermined interval.