Command mechanism, in particular for vehicles

A command mechanism for a vehicle, comprising:

• a support having an outside surface, where the outside surface includes a contact surface extending over a command area;
• a detector configured to detect an element in a command position pressing on the contact surface and generating a command signal when pressing on the contact surface is detected;
• and
• a vibration generator configured to generate a vibration;
• wherein:
• the detector is configured to detect the presence of the element at a first distance from the contact surface and the presence of the element at a second distance from the contact surface, where the second distance is nonzero and less than the first distance;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate a distant-approach vibration when the detector detects the presence of the element at the first distance from the contact surface;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate a close-approach vibration when the detector detects the presence of the element at the second distance from the contact surface, where the close-approach vibration is more intense than the distant-approach vibration;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate the close-approach vibration and the distant-approach vibration with respective vibrational power, a vibrational power of the vibration generator during the close-approach vibration being greater than a vibrational power of the vibration generator during the distant-approach vibration;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate, as part of the distant-approach vibration, a first sequence comprising vibration periods having first vibration lengths and periods without vibration having a first spacing length;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate, as part of the close-approach vibration, a second sequence comprising vibration periods having second vibration lengths and periods without vibration having a second spacing length;
• and
• the close-approach vibration is distinguished from the distant-approach vibration in that:
• the second vibration lengths are greater than the first vibration lengths, and/or
• the second spacing length is less than the first spacing length;
• or
• the second vibration lengths and the second spacing length are respectively reduced compared to the first vibration length and the second spacing length for a single coefficient.

A command mechanism for a vehicle, comprising:

• a support having an outside surface, where the outside surface includes a contact surface extending over a command area, the contact surface of the support comprising a first contact surface extending in a first command area and a second contact surface extending in a second command area;
• a detector configured to detect an element in a command position pressing on the contact surface and generating a command signal when pressing on the contact surface is detected;
• a vibration generator configured to generate a vibration;
• wherein:
• the detector comprises a first detector and a second detector, the first detector being configured to detect the presence of the element in the first command area at a first distance from the first contact surface, and the second detector being configured to detect the presence of the element in the second command area at the first distance from the second contact surface;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate a first distant-approach vibration when the detector detects the presence of the element at the first distance from the first contact surface;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate a second distant-approach vibration when the second detector detects the presence of the element at the first distance from the second contact surface;
• the first distant-approach vibration includes a first alternating sequence of vibration periods and periods without vibration of given respective length;
• the second distant-approach vibration includes a second alternating sequence of vibration periods and periods without vibration having the same respective length as the first distant-approach vibration;
• the second sequence is different from the first sequence;
• the first detector is configured to detect the presence of the element in the first command area at a second distance from the first contact surface, the second distance is less than the first distance;
• the second detector is configured to detect the presence of the element in the second command area at the second distance from the second contact surface,
• the vibration generator is configured to generate a first close-approach vibration when the detector detects the presence of the element at the second distance from the first contact surface;
• the vibration generator is configured to generate a second close-approach vibration when the second detector detects the presence of the element at the second distance from the second contact surface;
• the first close-approach vibration corresponds to the first distant-approach vibration, except that the vibration generator is configured to generate the first close-approach vibration having a vibrational power increased by a closeness coefficient with respect to a vibrational power of the first distant-approach vibration;
• and
• the second close-approach vibration corresponds to the second distant-approach vibration, except that the vibration generator is configured to generate the second close-approach vibration having a vibrational power increased by the closeness coefficient with respect to a vibrational power of the second distant-approach vibration.