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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Stephane Vanhelle, Marignier, FR;
Jean-marc Tissot, Viuz en Sallaz, FR;
Stephane Vanhelle, Marignier, FR;
Jean-Marc Tissot, Viuz en Sallaz, FR;
DAV, Creteil Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a rotary control device with haptic feedback to be mounted in a control panel () of a motor vehicle, said rotary control device () comprising: a rotary control member (), an angular sensor () representative of the angular position of said rotary control member () and the output of which is intended to be connected to a processing unit of said motor vehicle, a device for generating haptic feedback (), which is coupled to said rotary control member () in order to apply vibration to said rotary control member (), characterized in that said rotary control member () has a control surface () of a general planar shape, which is intended to be substantially flush with said control panel () and in that said device for generating haptic feedback () is intended to be controlled by said processing unit in order to select a predetermined vibration from a plurality of predefined vibrations in such a way that said generating device () applies the selected vibration to said rotary control member () in response to the output signal of said angular sensor ().