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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Ulrich Müller, Ingolstadt, DE;
Manuel Kühner, Markgröningen, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1028 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch-sensitive surface is provided on an operator control device that includes a way to detect a force applied by a user to at least one area of the touch-sensitive surface. An actuator generates haptic feedback to the user when the force applied exceeds a threshold value. An evaluation unit of the operator control device determines a time-related gradient of the force and changes the threshold value of the force according to the time-related gradient.