Smart touch
Assigneefm marketing gmbh
InventorFerdinand Maier
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Abstract
A method for controlling a menu displayed on a screen from a number of menu elements arranged in a grid with an input interface containing a pushbutton with a number of haptically detectable segments arranged in the grid, wherein the number of menu elements corresponds to the number of haptically detectable segments so that a haptically detectable segment on the pushbutton is assigned to each menu element of the menu, comprising receiving a position signal that depends on the position of a user's finger on the pushbutton; highlighting the menu element assigned to the haptically detectable menu element located at the finger's position; and activating a function assigned to the highlighted menu element if the pushbutton is pressed.
Claims11
A method for controlling a menu displayed on a screen with a number of menu elements arranged in a grid with an input interface, that contains a pushbutton with a number of haptically detectable segments arranged in the grid, wherein the number of menu elements corresponds to the number of haptically detectable segments so that a haptically detectable segment is assigned to each menu element of menu on the pushbutton, the method comprising:
- receiving a position signal that depends on the position of a user's finger on the pushbutton;
- highlighting the menu element assigned to the haptically detectable menu element located at the finger's position;
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- activating a function assigned to the highlighted menu element if the pushbutton is pressed.
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A remote control comprising
- a pushbutton with a number of haptically perceptible segments arranged in a grid;
- a position sensor for detecting a position of a finger of a user on the grid;
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- a transmission interface for sending a position signal depending on the position of a finger of a user on the pushbutton, as well as a trigger signal when the pushbutton is pushed by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.