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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Martin Schmitt, Bad Rodach, DE;
Raphael Sturm, Bad Rodach, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
A method for calibrating a user input apparatus for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The user input apparatus includes a component including a touch-sensitive surface and a reference element mechanically connected to the component, a circuit carrier, distance sensor, and an evaluation unit. The method includes determining, in a first calibration step, a first relationship between a change of the actuating force and a chance of the sensor signal, installing the user input apparatus in the motor vehicle in an installation step after carrying out the first calibration step, determining, in a second calibration step after carrying out the installation step, a first actual value of the sensor signal, and correcting the first relationship depending on the actual first value.