Input device and method of detecting an input

An input device comprising:

• a touch-sensitive surface;
• a proximity sensor which is adapted to detect an approach of an input element to the touch-sensitive surface;
• a vibration sensor;
• and
• a control unit which is coupled with the touch-sensitive surface, the proximity sensor and the vibration sensor, wherein the control unit is adapted to validate a touch detected by the touch-sensitive surface as an input in dependence on an approach detected by the proximity sensor and a vibration detected by the vibration sensor,
• wherein the control unit is adapted to discard a temporary interruption of a touch detected by the touch-sensitive surface as an indication of a termination or interruption of the input in the case where there is a vibration that correlates temporally with the interruption.

An input device comprising

• a touch-sensitive surface;
• a proximity sensor which is adapted to detect an approach of an input element to the touch-sensitive surface;
• a vibration sensor;
• and
• a control unit which is coupled with the touch-sensitive surface, the proximity sensor and the vibration sensor, wherein the control unit is adapted to:
• validate a touch detected by the touch-sensitive surface as an input in dependence on an approach detected by the proximity sensor and a vibration detected by the vibration sensor;
• take into account in the validation durations of the touch and of the vibration and/or a temporal sequence of the detection of the touch and of the vibration;
• and
• evaluate a touch detected by the touch-sensitive surface as an input in case that in the temporal sequence the detection of the touch occurs before the detection of the vibration.

An input device comprising

• a touch-sensitive surface;
• a proximity sensor which is adapted to detect an approach of an input element to the touch-sensitive surface;
• a vibration sensor;
• and
• a control unit which is coupled with the touch-sensitive surface, the proximity sensor and the vibration sensor, wherein the control unit is adapted to:
• validate a touch detected by the touch-sensitive surface as an input in dependence on an approach detected by the proximity sensor and a vibration detected by the vibration sensor;
• take into account in the validation durations of the touch and of the vibration and/or a temporal sequence of the detection of the touch and of the vibration;
• and
• discard a touch detected by the touch-sensitive surface as an input in the case that in the temporal sequence the detection of the vibration occurs before or at the same time as the detection of the touch.