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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Preh Gmbh, Bad Neustadt A.D. Saale, DE;
Manuel Stotzem, Wuelfershausen, DE;
Andreas Kail, Bad Neustadt A. D. Saale, DE;
Markus Klein, Salz, DE;
PREH GMBH, Bad Neustadt A.D. Saale, DE;
Abstract
An input device includes a fingerprint sensor, an operating layer having a first operating surface, at least one force sensor, and an evaluation unit. The first operating surface has an acquisition surface which acquires a fingerprint of a finger of an operator via the fingerprint sensor. The at least one force sensor measures an operating force of the finger of the operator acting on the first operating surface. The evaluation unit is electrically conductively connected with the fingerprint sensor and with the at least one force sensor. The evaluation unit assigns at least one first switching function to the operating force applied on first operating surface of the operating layer if the operating force measured on the first operating surface exceeds a first threshold value.