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US 11,822,723 B2Granted
Interaction element, control element and motor vehicle
AssigneeMotherson Innovations Company Limited
InventorsMukesh Patel, Thomas Agung Nugraha
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Abstract
An interaction element is configured to receive touch or gesture inputs or provide tactile feedback outputs. A control element is configured to control the operation of at least one function of at least one device including at least one or more such interaction elements. A motor vehicle includes at least one or more such interaction elements or at least one or more such control elements.
Claims18
An interaction element for receiving touch or gesture inputs or providing tactile feedback outputs, comprising:
- at least one touch surface element, the touch surface element comprising:
- at least one input area element at least adapted to receive touch or gesture inputs issued by at least one finger when interacting with at least one part of at least one surface of the input area element or the touch surface element;
- and
- at least one output area element at least adapted to provide a tactile feedback output to the finger when interacting with at least one part of at least one surface of the output area element or the touch surface element;
- wherein each output area element is configured to, using a touch controller, only provide a tactile feedback using a coulomb force to the finger when the finger is approaching the output area element and interacting with an adjacent input area element, wherein the adjacent input area element receives an input from the finger in order to provide a dynamic borderline, and
- wherein the input area element and the output area element are formed as one, and wherein the interaction element comprises a segmented electrode comprising a plurality of segments, wherein each of the plurality of segments is adapted, using the touch controller, to provide an input area and an output area, wherein a surface friction of the at least one touch surface element is increased based on the coulomb force, wherein the dynamic borderline moves from one of the plurality of segments to a separate segment based on a sliding direction of the finger, wherein the input and output areas can be interchangeably controlled by the touch controller, and wherein each of the segmented electrodes can be configured for use as both an input area element and an output area element dependent on a configuration of the interaction element, wherein the input area element and the output area element are configured to interchange electronically without physical reconfiguration.
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