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Air conditioning device for vehicle and method of controlling the same

US11292315B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 27, 2019
Grant dateApr 5, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2217/96066
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air conditioning device for a vehicle and a method of controlling the same are provided. The air conditioning device includes a touch input unit which is configured to be touched, rotated by 360 degrees, and dragged by a user. A touch sensor unit includes three channel regions formed by trisecting a rotational region of 360 degrees and is configured to detect capacitance in accordance with touch areas of a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel at predetermined positions in the three channel regions. Three channel signal output units output signals from the respective channels in accordance with the recognized capacitance.

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