Grid plate
Assigneefm marketing gmbh
InventorFerdinand MAIER
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Abstract
The invention relates to an input device (6) for operating a multimedia device (4) depending on the position of a user's finger on a pressure plate (24) comprising: the pressure plate (24) which comprises a bottom side (50) and a top side (48) opposite the bottom side (50), on which the user can move their finger, a regular grid (15) made of tactile elements (26) which can be haptically sensed by the finger of the user and which are formed on the top side (48) of the pressure plate (24), and a sensor (62) arranged on the bottom side (50) of the pressure plate (24) which is set up to transmit a button selection signal (42) to the multimedia device (4) depending on the position of the finger on the top side (48).
Claims10
An input device (6) for operating a multimedia device (4) depending on the position of a user's finger on a pressure plate (24) comprising:
- the pressure plate (24) which comprises a bottom side (50) and a top side (48) opposite the bottom side (50), on which the user can move their finger,
- a regular grid (15) made of tactile elements (26) which can be haptically sensed by the user's finger and which are formed on the top side (48) of the pressure plate (24), and
- a sensor (62) arranged on the bottom side (50) of the pressure plate (24) which is set up to transmit a button selection signal (42) to the multimedia device (4) depending on the position of the finger on the top side (48).
A method for recording a control information (42, 46) with an input device (6) for operating a multimedia device (4) depending on the position of a user's finger on a pressure plate (24) comprising the pressure plate (24) which comprises a bottom side (50) and a top side (48) opposite the bottom side (50), on which the user can move their finger, a regular grid (15) made of tactile elements (26) which can be haptically sensed by the user's finger and which are formed on the top side (48) of the pressure plate (24), and a sensor (62) arranged on the bottom side (50) of the pressure plate (24) which is set up to transmit a button selection signal (42) to the multimedia device (4) depending on the position of the finger on the top side (48), the method comprising:
- detecting the position of the user's finger on the pressure plate (24),
- transmitting the button selection signal (42) depending on the recorded position and
- transmitting the button confirmation signal (46) if a specified requirement is fulfilled wherein the button selection signal (42) in combination with the button confirmation signal (46) is the control information (42, 46).
A control device (106, 108) with a processing system, the control device (106, 108) operable to operate a multimedia device (4) depending on the position of a user's finger on a pressure plate (24) comprising the pressure plate (24) which comprises a bottom side (50) and a top side (48) opposite the bottom side (50), on which the user can move their finger, a regular grid (15) made of tactile elements (26) which can be haptically sensed by the user's finger and which are formed on the top side (48) of the pressure plate (24), and a sensor (62) arranged on the bottom side (50) of the pressure plate (24) which is set up to transmit a button selection signal (42) to the multimedia device (4) depending on the position of the finger on the top side (48), the control device being configured to:
- detect a position of the user's finger on a pressure plate (24),
- transmit a button selection signal (42) depending on a recorded position, and
- transmit a button confirmation signal (46) if a specified requirement is fulfilled wherein the button selection signal (42) in combination with the button confirmation signal (46) is a control information (42, 46).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.