Method for secure and intentional activation of functions and/or movements of controllable industrial equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to methods and devices which allow the secure, intentional and error-free initiation of different, directly executable industrial functions of machines or similar using a comparatively large-area, touch-sensitive entry means, in particular of the touch-screen type. A plurality of operating elements or selection fields is depicted on the entry means and the operator is able to find and actuate the operating elements without visual aid or control. The core part of the invention relates to the use of such touch-sensitive entry means of the capacitive touch-screen type, according to which the provided operating elements or selection fields are identified by applied haptically perceptible markings. In addition, in order to initiate an operating element or an industrial function that is associated with a selection field, the operator selects said field in a first step and makes an entry by means of a characteristic touch gesture in a second step. This allows the control system to differentiate accidental contact, such as an unsighted feeling of an identified operating element, from a deliberate operating action, and thus to reliably prevent unintentional operating actions.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method and a device for enabling reliable, intentional and as error-free triggering of various and directly executable technical functions, in particular machine functions, by means of relatively large-area touch-sensitive input devices in the form of touch screens. A plurality of operating elements in the form of selection boxes are formed on the input device or operating panel, wherein an operator can find and manipulate the operating elements or selection boxes without visual aids and controls. The invention relates in particular to a method for the reliable and conscious activation of functions or movements of a controllable technical device via at least one comparatively large, touch-sensitive input device in the form of a capacitive touch screen on which In , the set operating elements or selection boxes are indicated by applied tactile markings. In order to activate or activate an operating element or a selection box or...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] Equipping completely flat and smooth touchpads or touchscreens with tactile markings, e.g. These operating surfaces can be found with visual aids, however, the possibility of deliberate, time-precise and confusion-free triggering of technical functions assigned to an operating surface or a selection box is lacking, and in particular reliably prevents unintended trigger a function

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