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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Pas Deutschland Gmbh, Neuruppin, DE;
Inventor:
Olaf Krause, Neuruppin, DE;
Assignee:
PAS Deutschland GmbH, Neuruppin, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G09G 3/04 (2006.01); G05G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G05G 1/105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G09G 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotary knob for a control panel of a home appliance comprises a support collar, a fixed frontal plate forming a cover cap that is arranged at a front end of the support collar, a fixed sensor layer that is operable to detect touch inputs at the frontal plate, discrete indicator elements forming an indicator layer, which are operable to provide operator guidance, a rotatable ring that is rotatably mounted to the support collar, the rotatable ring being rotatable with respect to the fixed frontal plate, and circuitry arranged to detect rotary inputs via the rotatable ring, and touch inputs via the frontal plate.