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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a touch-sensitive operating device () for a motor vehicle, having an actuation lever (), in particular a steering column stalk, which has an elongate configuration, having a sensor arrangement comprising at least one touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive sensor element () which is arranged on the actuation lever (), and having an electronic evaluation device which is coupled to the at least one sensor element () and is configured to detect the at least one sensor element () being touched and/or the at least one sensor element () being approached. The evaluation device is configured to identify an operating gesture of an operator on the actuation lever on the basis of a combination of at least two detected touches on the sensor arrangement and/or approaches towards the sensor arrangement, and to trigger a predetermined operating function on the basis of the identified operating gesture.