EP2710443A1 - Bouton et dispositif de commande multifonction - Google Patents
Bouton et dispositif de commande multifonctionInfo
- Publication number
- EP2710443A1 EP2710443A1 EP11808903.6A EP11808903A EP2710443A1 EP 2710443 A1 EP2710443 A1 EP 2710443A1 EP 11808903 A EP11808903 A EP 11808903A EP 2710443 A1 EP2710443 A1 EP 2710443A1
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- Prior art keywords
- movable member
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- force sensor
- control button
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- G—PHYSICS
- G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
- G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
- G05G9/00—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously
- G05G9/02—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only
- G05G9/04—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously
- G05G9/047—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a multifunction control button adapted to control several functions of a motor vehicle with a single control member.
- the present invention also relates to an associated multifunction control device.
- a single control member made in the form of a joystick, associated with a display screen
- One of the aims of the invention is to propose a multifunction control button improved over those of the technique, of simple structure, of small size and which is ergonomic.
- the subject of the present invention is a multifunction control button comprising a base and a movable member that can be moved between a rest position and at least one active position against a corresponding abutment of the base, characterized in that it comprises a force sensor having at least one surface sensitive to a bearing pressure capable of delivering information representative of the intensity of the pressing force exerted on the sensitive surface, fixed in a stop of the base face an actuating pin of the movable member so that the actuating pin contacts the sensitive surface of the force sensor in abutment in the active position.
- the joysticks comprising a multitude of switches can be replaced by a multifunction control device comprising a force sensor.
- the force sensor provides access to additional information: the intensity of the force exerted by the user to push the movable member in abutment, deduced from the analog output of the force sensor. This additional information can be used to set the controls of the organs of the motor vehicle. The user can thus dose the intensity of a function by measuring the bearing force of the movable member towards a stop, which makes it ergonomic and easy to use.
- the force sensor is simple in structure, compact and simplifies the electrical connection.
- said force sensor is mounted on the edge cylindrically in the base so as to at least partially encircle the periphery of a base of the movable member;
- the base has a cylindrical annular housing for accommodating said force sensor
- said movable member can be translated to four coplanar and perpendicular directions, between a central rest position and at least four active positions against four respective abutments, said force sensor having a sensitive surface arranged at each abutment,
- the movable member comprises a gripping wheel and a base, the gripping wheel being rotatably mounted in the base and / or axially movable in a cylindrical housing of the base,
- said actuation pin comprises an elastomeric material
- the multifunction control knob comprises a means for returning the movable member in the central rest position formed on the one hand by a plunger of one end of the movable member and, on the other hand, by a corresponding hollow provided in the base, the plunger being elastically biased against the hollow shaped to return the movable member in the central rest position,
- the hollow has a cross shape with four branches, each branch being parallel to a translation direction of the movable member, each leg being longer than the distance between the central rest position of the movable member and the corresponding stop , the hollow in the cross having a maximum depth in the center of the cross, the depth of the hollow narrowing towards the ends of the branches.
- the invention also relates to a control device for a motor vehicle characterized in that it comprises a multifunction control button as described above and a processing unit configured to modify a command according to the intensity of the pressure of the support that is exerted on the force sensor by the movable member of the multifunction control button.
- control device taken alone or in combination
- control device comprises a screen and the processing unit is also configured to modify the display of said screen as a function of the intensity and the direction of the pressure of the support which is exerted on the force sensor by the movable member of the multifunction control knob,
- the processing unit is configured to adapt the zoom of the image displayed on the screen according to the intensity of the pressure exerted by the mobile member
- the processing unit is configured to adapt the speed of movement of the image displayed on the screen in the selected direction according to the intensity of the pressure exerted by the movable member.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic side sectional view of a multifunction button in the central position of rest
- FIG. 2 represents a sectional view A-A of the multifunction control knob of FIG. 1,
- FIG. 3 represents an element of the movable member and an associated base portion of the multifunction control knob of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 represents a force sensor housed in a base of the multifunction control knob of FIG. 1
- FIG. 5 represents the force sensor of the multifunction control knob of FIG. 1 seen "flat”
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a multifunction control button 1, able to control several functions with a single mobile element.
- the multifunction control button 1 is intended for controlling the functions of at least one motor vehicle body, the control knob being in particular adapted to be housed in an automobile dashboard or facade. More specifically, such a control button can find an application for the controls located at the center console and between the two front seats of a motor vehicle for example to control the functions of air conditioning, an audio system, and a a telephony system or a navigation system. Also, the multifunction control knob can be housed in the dome of the vehicle at the usual location of the interior rearview mirror, for example to control interior lights, central locking, sunroof, hazard warning lights or lights. atmosphere. This control button can also be used for window regulators, door mirror positioning controls or motorized seat motion controls.
- the multifunction control button 1 comprises a fixed base 2, a movable member designated by the general reference 3, movable relative to the base 2 and a force sensor 4, fixed to the base 2.
- the base 2 may be a separate element intended for be mounted in the dashboard or facade of the motor vehicle or may be an integral part of the dashboard or facade.
- the movable member 3 can be moved between a rest position and at least one active position against a corresponding stop of the base 2.
- the movable member 3 can be translated by a user between a central rest position and at least four active positions in four directions Ll, L2, L3, L4 coplanar and perpendicular.
- an actuating pin 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d of the movable member 3 is translated against an abutment 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d of the base 2 limiting the travel in translation of the organ mobile 3.
- the movable member 3 has four actuating lugs 5a-5d angularly spaced about 90 ° and respectively intended to contact one of the four stops of the base 2 in one of four active positions.
- the actuating lugs 5a-5d comprise, for example, an elastomeric material, such as an EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer) material.
- EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene monomer
- the base 2 may comprise means for guiding in translation in the four lateral directions L1, L2, L3, L4 cooperating with complementary translational guiding means of the movable member 3.
- the base 2 has four guide grooves (one side of a guide groove 7 in Figure 1), parallel to the lateral directions L1, L2, L3, L4.
- the movable member 3 comprises four complementary ribs 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d ( Figure 3), slidable in an associated guide groove 7 of the base 2 when the movable member 3 is translated.
- the movable member 3 comprises a gripping wheel 3a and a base 3b, the gripping wheel 3a being rotatably mounted in the base 3b, in both directions of rotation around the longitudinal axis II of the control button 1, see arrow R in Figure 1.
- the gripping wheel 3a has a gripping upper portion surmounting a tabular lower portion 8 inserted in a corresponding cylindrical housing of the base 3b, the upper part gripping protruding from the base 3b.
- the lower tabular portion 8 can thus rotate in the cylindrical housing of the base 3b by manipulation of the gripping upper part.
- the multifunction control knob 1 also comprises an angular sensor, such as a rotary encoder, (not shown) for measuring and associating a control with the angular variation exerted by the user.
- the gripping wheel 3a can be mounted axially movable in the cylindrical housing of the base 3b, in an axial direction II perpendicular to the plane defined by the lateral directions of displacement in translation Ll, L2, L3, L4 (arrow F in Figure 1) so that the end 18 of the lower tabular portion 8 actuates a switch 19 fixed in the cylindrical housing of the base 3b opposite the end 18.
- the switch can be coupled to a blister to generate a haptic feedback (not shown).
- the multifunction control button 1 may also include means for returning the movable member 3 to a position that is active in translation towards the central rest position.
- an end 9 of the base 3b of the movable member 3 comprises a plunger 10 resiliently biased by a return spring 11 against a corresponding recess 12 formed in a bottom of the base 2.
- the plunger 10 is elastically biased against the recess 12 shaped to return the movable member 3 in the central position of rest during displacement thereof in translation to an active position.
- the recess 12 has for example a general cross shape with four branches (Figure 3). Each branch is parallel to a translation direction L1, L2, L3, L4 of the movable member 3, each branch being longer than the distance between the central rest position of the movable member 3 and the corresponding stop 6a-6d .
- the maximum depth of the recess 12 corresponds to the central rest position of the movable member 3, the depth of the recess narrowing towards the ends of the branches.
- the force sensor 4 has at least one surface sensitive to a bearing pressure capable of delivering information representative of the intensity of the pressing force exerted on the sensitive surface, fixed in a stop of the base 2, facing a 5a-5d actuating pin of the movable member 3.
- the force sensor 4 thus comprises four sensitive surfaces 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d disposed respectively in the four stops 6a-4d. 6d of the base 2, facing the four respective actuating lugs 5a-5d of the movable member.
- the actuating pin 5a-5d contacts an associated sensitive surface 4a-4d of the force sensor 4, interposed between the movable member 3 and the stop 6a-6d.
- the base 2 comprises a cylindrical annular housing at the abutments 6a-6d for housing the force sensor 4.
- the force sensor 4 is mounted on the edge, cylindrically in the housing, so as to ring at least partially the periphery of the base 3b of the movable member 3.
- the cylindrical annular housing can also have retaining tabs to hold the edges of the force sensor 4.
- the sensitive surfaces of the force sensor 4 use pressure-sensitive resistors (also known as the FSR sensor for "Force Sensing Resistor”) to detect a simple user's support and, depending on the intensity of the sensor. pressing on the sensitive surface, to trigger a particular type of command.
- pressure-sensitive resistors also known as the FSR sensor for "Force Sensing Resistor”
- FSR sensor Force Sensing Resistor
- the sensitive surfaces 4a-4d of the force sensor 4 meet on a sheet of son 13 intended to be connected to a processing unit as for example visible in FIG. 5.
- the technology used for the sensitive surfaces of the force sensor is, for example, that described in document US Pat. No. 4,810,992 or US Pat. No. 2,628,649 or US Pat. No. 5,008,497.
- the sensitive surfaces of the force sensor comprise an insulating layer provided on a first side of a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the opposite side.
- at least one of the two conductive layers is a semiconductor layer that is sensitive to a variation of pressure. A change in contact between the layers causes a change in the resistance across the semiconductor layer.
- the force sensor comprises an FSR layer sandwiched between a resistive layer and a conductive layer.
- the sensitive surfaces of the force sensor are those described for example in documents EP 1 429 356 or EP 1 429 355.
- the force sensor comprises two flexible support sheets spaced from one another by spacers in which holes defining active areas (the sensitive surfaces) of the force sensor are provided. In these active zones, the flexible support sheets bear on mutually opposite faces elements sensitive to a variation of pressure, such as a printed resistive ink, such as carbon, making it possible to make an electrical contact during the compression of the sensor.
- the spacers for example elastic, comprise a glue or a double-sided adhesive.
- the multifunction control button 1 is for example mounted in a control device for a motor vehicle further comprising a processing unit configured to modify a control as a function of the intensity of the pressure of the support which is exerted on the sensor. force 4 by the movable member 3 of the multifunction control knob.
- control device 14 further comprises a screen 16 and the processing unit 15 is configured to modify the display of the screen 16 as a function of the intensity and the direction of the pressure of the support which is exerted on the force sensor 4 by the movable member 3.
- the processing unit 15 is configured to adapt the zoom of the image displayed on the screen 16 by according to the intensity of the pressure exerted by a user on the movable member 3.
- the processing unit 15 is configured to adapt the speed of movement of the image displayed on the screen 16 in the direction selected according to the intensity of the pressure exerted by the movable member 3.
- the axial displacement of the movable member 3 may for example act as a switch for enabling the selection of a function and / or for starting or stopping the control device 14, the rotation of the movable member 3 allows for example the displacement in menus of the screen to select a function, the translational movement to the directions L1 and L2 allows for example to move the image of the screen 16 to the right or left and the displacement in translation towards directions L3, L4, allows to start enlarging or narrowing the image.
- the speed of movement (or scrolling) of the image displayed on the screen 16 in the selected direction (right or left for example) and / or the speed of enlargement or narrowing of the image varies with the intensity of the force exerted by the user against the corresponding stop.
- the control device can then be used to control a navigation system, the displayed image corresponding to a navigation map.
- the user can then directly visualize the impact of his actuation of the movable member 3. He can therefore measure the intensity of the support force that he exerts on the latter as a function of the result visualized on the image. displayed on the screen.
- the joysticks comprising a multitude of switches can be replaced by a multifunction control button 1 comprising a force sensor 4.
- the force sensor 4 provides access to additional information: the intensity of the force exerted by the user to push the movable member 3 in abutment, deduced from the analog output of the force sensor 4. This additional information can be used to parameterize the controls of the bodies of the motor vehicle. The user can thus measure the intensity of a function by measuring the bearing force of the movable member 3 towards a stop, which makes the multifunction control knob more ergonomic and easy to use.
- the force sensor 4 is simple in structure, compact and simplifies the electrical connection.
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