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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Diehl Ako Stiftung & Co. KG, Wangen, DE;
Andreas Maigler, Bad Waldsee, DE;
Bruno Fuhge, Achberg, DE;
Joachim Lyszus, Baindt, DE;
Ralph Stohr, Leutkirch, DE;
Thomas Frommelt, Munich, DE;
Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG, Wangen, DE;
Abstract
An operating device, in particular for electronic household appliances, includes a cover plate with an operating portion, a transmitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation, a receiver for registering electromagnetic radiation, and control electronics for evaluating measurement signals produced by the receiver. The operating portion is at least partly elastically deformable and/or movable by an action of force from the direction of a user side of the cover plate and it at least partly reflects the radiation emitted by the transmitter. The receiver is disposed and/or configured in such a way that it facilitates a spatially resolved registration of the radiation reflected by the operating portion in such a way that the control electronics can detect an actuation of the operating portion in a manner dependent on a registration location of the reflected radiation. An electronic household appliance having at least one operating device is also provided.