Haptic operating device with a rotating element and method for operating electronic equipment with the haptic operating device
AssigneeINVENTUS Engineering GmbH
InventorStefan Battlogg
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Abstract
Electronic devices, such as consumer electronics devices and control systems in vehicles are controlled by way of a haptic operating device with a rotating unit. Selectable menu items are displayed on a display unit, and a menu item is selected by rotating the rotating unit. The rotating unit latches at a number of haptically perceptible latching points during rotation. The number and rotational position of the haptically perceptible latching points is dynamically changed in accordance with a specific menu item selected by the user.
Claims14
A method of adjusting a smart device, the method comprising:
- providing a knob with haptic feedback and having a rotary element for manual activation;
- encoding a rotation of the rotary element upon a manual activation thereof with a rotary encoder;
- establishing wireless communication between the haptic knob and the smart device;
- controlling an input of the smart device in accordance with the manual activation of the rotary element and setting a resistance against a rotation of the rotary element in accordance with a currently selected menu on the smart device;
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- electronically controlling and dynamically varying the resistance to thereby provide haptic feedback to a user controlling the smart device with a reaction time of no more than 20 milliseconds.
A method of operating technical equipment, the method comprising:
- providing a haptic operating device having a rotating unit and a display unit displaying selectable menu items;
- rotating the rotating unit to select a menu item from the menu items;
- causing the rotating unit to latch at a number of haptically perceptible latching points during rotation;
- dynamically changing the number of haptically perceptible latching points in accordance with the menu items displayed on the display unit to provide haptic feedback to a user controlling the rotating unit in accordance with the menu items displayed on the display unit with a reaction time of no more than 20 milliseconds;
- sensing a rotation being an angle change between the rotary unit and the display unit;
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- rotating a display on the display unit in an opposite direction of the angle change.
A method of adjusting a smart device, the method comprising:
- providing a knob with haptic feedback, the knob having a rotary element for manual activation and a display unit with a display disposed inside the rotary element;
- encoding a rotation of the rotary element upon a manual activation thereof with a rotary encoder;
- establishing wireless communication between the haptic knob and the smart device;
- sensing a rotation being an angle change between the rotary unit and a basic body of the knob;
- rotating display contents on the display of the display unit in an opposite direction of the angle change;
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- controlling an input of the smart device in accordance with the manual activation of the rotary element and setting a property of the rotary element in accordance with a currently selected menu on the smart device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.