Operating device for a vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to an operating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising a housing (12) that has a front face (14) with a receiving opening (16), which is delimited by an opening edge, and a rear wall (22) and comprising an operating element (18), which is arranged in the receiving opening (16) at a distance from the opening edge thereof and which has an operating surface (20), said operating element having a front face provided with the operating surface (20), a rear face, and a bordering edge region (34). Furthermore, the operating device (10) has a holding element (26) which has a base wall (28) and support parts (30) which protrude from the base wall and which end below the bordering edge region (34) of the operating element (18) and are mechanically coupled to same in the bordering edge region (34). The base wall (28) of the holding element (26) has a central region which is arranged at a distance from the support parts (30) and within which the base wall (28) of the holding element (26) is supported against the rear wall of the housing (12). A manual actuation of the operating element (18) is detected by multiple actuation sensors (60) which are arranged between the base wall (28) of the holding element (26) and the rear wall of the housing (12) within the surrounding region that surrounds the central region of the base wall (28) of the holding element (26) and is arranged at a distance from the rear wall of the housing (12). An analysis unit (62) receives the signals from the actuation sensors (60) and analyzes same for the purpose of detecting a manual actuation of the operating element (18) with a specifiable minimum pressing force.

Description

technical field [0001] This patent application claims priority from German patent application 10 2018 125 769.4 of October 17, 2018, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into the subject matter of this patent application. [0002] The invention relates to an operating device for a motor vehicle, in particular, for example for a motor vehicle component such as an air conditioning system, an infotainment system or a navigation system, and more generally to a human-machine interface (Human-Machine Interface). -Interface) operating device. Background technique [0003] Displays in motor vehicles are at the same time input components in the form of touch surfaces, which are desirably being increasingly widely used. With these touchmonitors, which are already triggered by light touch, unintentional manipulation can sometimes occur. Problems can arise if safety-relevant functions are triggered as a result, or if other undesired adjustments of motor vehicle fun...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] The above principles require complex mechanisms that enable the movement of the display relative to the rigid housing part

In addition, one or more elastic parts are required, which makes the whole system expensive

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