Reconfigurable switching device
AssigneeFibar Group S.A.
InventorWOJCIECH GREDKA
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Abstract
A device includes an engaging portion, a controller component, and a plurality of actuators. The engaging portion is configured to mechanically engage with at least one switch assembly. The plurality of actuators are capable of being actuated by the switch assembl(ies) when it/they are engaged with the engaging portion and depressed. The controller is configured to detect a first pattern of the plurality of actuators actuated at a time and responsively recognize a first type of switch assembly. The controller is also configured to detect a second (different) pattern of the plurality of actuators actuated at a time and responsively recognize a second (different) type of switch assembly.
Claims22
A device comprising:
- an engaging portion configured to mechanically engage with at least one switch assembly;
- a controller component;
- and
- a plurality of actuators, wherein each of the plurality of actuators is capable of being actuated by the at least one switch assembly when the at least one switch assembly is engaged with the engaging portion and depressed;
- wherein the controller component is configured to:
- detect a first pattern of the plurality of actuators actuated at a time and responsively recognize a first type of switch assembly;
- detect a second pattern of the plurality of actuators actuated at a time and responsively recognize a second type of switch assembly;
- the first pattern of the plurality of actuators is different from the second pattern of the plurality of actuators;
- and
- the first type of switch assembly and the second type of switch assembly are different.
A method comprising;
- recognizing, with a controller component, that a first pattern of a plurality of actuators has been actuated at a time;
- and
- identifying, with the controller component, that a first switch assembly has been depressed based on the recognition of the first pattern of the plurality of actuators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.