System and method for the generation of a signal correlated with a manual input operation
US9189093B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04101
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a system, as well as a method for the generation of a signal correlated with a manual input operation, especially a gesture-like input operation is executed by a user with his hands or fingers in front of a physical device and it input signals for signal processing operations are generated which correlate in a particularly reliable and accurate way with manual input operations. A system may have an electrode group integrated into an equipment component, that has several plane shaped electrodes adjacent to each other, and a circuit arrangement coupled to the electrodes of the electrode group, wherein the electrode group and the circuit arrangement constitute a sensor circuit allowing both a detection of a status to evaluate as a physical contacting of the equipment component, and a position detection of the hand or a finger of a user in a area placed spatially upstream of the equipment component.
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