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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2018
Preh Gmbh, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, DE;
Markus Frey, Künzell, DE;
Martin Schäfer, Hohenroth, DE;
PREH GMBH, Bad Neustadt A. D. Saale, DE;
Abstract
A multifunction operating device includes a carrier; an input part which has an input surface comprising an array of operating surfaces and which is to be mounted so as to be able to move relatively to the carrier; a touch sensor system which is designed to detect a touching of the input surface by an operating member of an operator, which touching is spatially resolved on the different operating surfaces, and to provide it as a touch detection result; a control unit electrically connected to the touch sensor system; an actuator electrically connected to the control unit and having an effective direction (W) for driving the input part so as to move it relatively to the carrier in order to generate an active haptic; the control unit is designed to trigger the active haptic depending on the touch detection result; an electromechanical switching element electrically connected to the control unit and arranged between the input part and the carrier in order to detect an actuation exerting a minimum actuating force on one of the operating surfaces by means of a switching operation of the electromechanical switching element and to optionally generate an associated mechanical switch haptic.