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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Wavelight Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Armin Wellhöfer, Schwaig, DE;
Tobias Jeglorz, Stein, DE;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a touchscreen and a control device for executing an operating command which is input on the user side via the touchscreen. The control device is adapted to control the touchscreen such that, in order to prompt a command input, a first graphic element marking a touching starting location and a destination graphic arrangement having at least one second graphic element at a distance from the first graphic element are displayed on the touchscreen. The control device is further adapted to recognise a command input depending detecting a first movement of at least one object over the touchscreen starting from the touching starting location continuously up to a second graphic element of the destination graphic arrangement and on reaching this second graphic element a movement stoppage of the object, followed by a follow-up action of the object on the touchscreen.