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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Rainer Haevescher, Stemwede, DE;
Artur Neumann, Kalletal, DE;
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a rotary control device () for steering a vehicle comprising a user interface surface (), in particular a knob, that is embodied to rotate with respect to a housing () of the device () around a rotational axis () of the device (), further comprising a sensor unit () for monitoring the orientation and/or rotational movement of the user interface surface () with respect to the housing (), a processing unit (), and a communications interface () for transmitting control signals (Ts) according to an output (Op) from the processing unit (), said output (Op) being generated by the processing unit () on the basis of sensor data (Ds) from the sensor unit ().