Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control module for an automotive vehicle using a touch sensor
- Patent Title (中): 使用触摸传感器的汽车控制模块
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Application No.: US12438259Application Date: 2007-07-26
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Publication No.: US08773363B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Patrice Laurent , Xavier Drouin
- Applicant: Patrice Laurent , Xavier Drouin
- Applicant Address: FR Creteil
- Assignee: DAV
- Current Assignee: DAV
- Current Assignee Address: FR Creteil
- Agency: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
- Priority: FR0607483 20060823
- International Application: PCT/EP2007/057728 WO 20070726
- International Announcement: WO2008/022872 WO 20080228
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/045

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a control module that comprises at least one touch control surface (3) made of a sensor (31) sensitive to the pressure applied on the touch surface (3) and of a flexible protection layer (33) covering said sensor (31) and allowing a pressure to be locally transmitted to the sensor. The module further includes a rigid mechanical support (15) in which openings (27) are formed, allowing therethrough the light from at least one light source (25) and defining back-lighting regions of the touch surface (3), and a plate (20) of an incompressible material and transparent to the light which is sandwiched between the mechanical support (15) and the sensor (31) and defines a continuous smooth surface at the touch surface (3), wherein the sensor (31) and the flexible protection layer (33) are made so as to allow the light at least partially through the back-lighting regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100020028A1 Control Module, In Particular For An Automotive Vehicle Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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