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US 2020/0088250 A1Published application
Method for operating a haptic operating device and for operating electronic equipment with the haptic operating device
AssigneeINVENTUS Engineering GmbH
InventorSTEFAN BATTLOGG
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Abstract
Electronic devices, such as consumer electronics devices and control systems in vehicles are controlled by way of a haptic operating device with a rotating unit. Selectable menu items are displayed on a display unit, and a menu item is selected by rotating the rotating unit. The rotating unit latches at a number of haptically perceptible latching points during rotation. The number and rotational position of the haptically perceptible latching points is dynamically changed in accordance with a specific menu item selected by the user.
Claims15
A method of operating technical equipment, the method comprising:
- providing a knob with haptic feedback and having a rotary element for manual activation;
- establishing wireless communication between the knob and the technical equipment;
- displaying a menu with menu items related to operations of the technical equipment;
- responsive to a manual activation of the rotary element, selecting a menu item from the menu and causing the rotary element to latch at a plurality of haptically perceptible latching points during the rotation;
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- dynamically changing a number or an angular position of the haptically perceptible latching points in accordance with the menu.
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