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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Eric Grandemange, Strasbourg, FR;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for determining the activation of at least one key of a multi-key device. The multi-key device comprises a plurality of keys Kto Kand a plurality of force sensors Cto C, each force sensor Cto Cbeing associated respectively with a key Kto Kand able to provide a value representing a force which is applied to it. The process is characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps: obtaining values F'to F′representing the force applied to each of the force sensors Cto C; providing transmission rate values of a pressing force between the keys; removing the contribution of each of the force values F′to F′from the pressing force transmitted between the keys using the transmission rate values provided; and determining values Fto Frepresenting the pressing force which has been applied by the user to the keys Kto K.