Method for controlling devices
OwnerPaul Schockmel, Guido Beckerinventors
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Abstract
A method for controlling appliances, machines and/or vehicles comprises the steps of projecting a virtual control element assigned to a certain function into the action range of an operator; contactless detection of a movement of the operator to the direction of the virtual control element; and switching the function assigned to the virtual control element, after the operator's movement has been detected to be a switching intention.
Claims9
Method for controlling appliances, machines and/or vehicles, comprising the steps of
- projecting a virtual control element assigned to a certain function into the action range of an operator;
- contactless detection of a movement of the operator to the direction of the virtual control element, the contactless detection being effected by means of an imaging system;
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- switching the function assigned to the virtual control element, after the operator's movement has been detected to be a switching intention, characterized in that the imaging system comprises a 3D camera.
Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the virtual control element comprises a simple command button and/or a sliding control unit and/or a variable control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.