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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Preh Gmbh, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, DE;
Martin Jeitner, Ostheim, DE;
Markus Klein, Salz, DE;
Andreas Kramlich, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, DE;
Matthias Lust, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Benedikt Schmidt, Fladungen, DE;
PREH GMBH, Bad Neustadt A. D. Saale, DE;
Abstract
A device and method for an operator controlled element with haptic feedback dependent on the detection direction are provided. The device includes a base; an actuating part movably supported on the base; an electrical actuator which is attached to the base and acts on the actuating part in order to drive in a moving manner the actuating part in an excitation direction by means of an electrical excitation signal for generating a haptic feedback; a means for detecting an actuation of the actuating part in two detection directions which in each case include a different angular amount with the excitation direction; an evaluation unit, which is configured, if an actuation in one of the two detection directions is detected, to drive the actuator with a specific electrical excitation signal, depending on the result relating to in which of the two detection directions the actuation was carried out.