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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Continental Automotive France, Toulouse, FR;
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Jérôme Wroblewski, Mainvilliers, FR;
Continental Automotive France, Toulouse, FR;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A control-knob selection system includes a smartphone or electronic tablet having a front face equipped with a display and a video camera, a support equipped with a control-knob button, and a receiving area able to receive and retain the smartphone or electronic tablet, such that when the smartphone or electronic tablet is positioned in the receiving area, an optical path between a light source emitted by the display and the video camera is selectively established or interrupted depending on the angular position of the control-knob button about the axis A, with at least one reflection on an optical reflector, whereby the control-knob function uses the smartphone resources and can operate with just one software application.