EP3167353A1 - Touch-sensitive partition wall or household furniture item - Google Patents
Touch-sensitive partition wall or household furniture itemInfo
- Publication number
- EP3167353A1 EP3167353A1 EP15756186.1A EP15756186A EP3167353A1 EP 3167353 A1 EP3167353 A1 EP 3167353A1 EP 15756186 A EP15756186 A EP 15756186A EP 3167353 A1 EP3167353 A1 EP 3167353A1
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- Prior art keywords
- sensors
- matrix array
- touch screen
- touch
- cardboard
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a domestic furniture or a touch screen having a surface accessible to the touch by a user.
- the wall-mounting installations generally proposed in home automation have improved switches or housings, sometimes with a touch-sensitive display screen, often with mechanical buttons and / or free graduation wheels.
- switches or housings sometimes with a touch-sensitive display screen, often with mechanical buttons and / or free graduation wheels.
- a capacitive, resistive, piezoelectric, acoustic or infrared technology for detecting positions and gestures of a hand or finger of a user can be employed.
- these installations require the drilling of the partition during installation.
- a rearrangement switch or housing then requires a major modification of the partition and the corresponding electrical wiring.
- connection interface of the sensor matrix network to an electronic control system, this connection interface being programmable for the individual activation / deactivation of each row and column of the sensor matrix network.
- the matrix array of sensors extends over the entire surface accessible to the touch of the domestic furniture or the touch screen. This allows to potentially functionalize large areas.
- the sensor matrix array is a matrix array of capacitive, resistive, piezoelectric, acoustic or infrared sensors, sensitive to a touch or gesture of the user.
- the sensor matrix array is a matrix array of capacitive sensors comprising:
- the electrical conductors consist of conductive wires embedded in an insulating substrate, or channels of grease or conductive ink formed in several insulating layers, or conductive polymer strips formed in several insulating layers.
- a domestic furniture or a partition according to the invention may comprise a plate, in particular a plasterboard, wood, cardboard or other material, intended to form a part of wall or ceiling, the matrix network of sensors extending against or in this plate.
- the plate comprises a layer of molded plaster, wood, cardboard or other material disposed between two sheets of cardboard, the matrix array of sensors interposed between the layer of molded plaster, wood, cardboard or other material and one of the two sheets of cardboard.
- a domestic furniture or a partition according to the invention may comprise a partition formed of an insulating layer disposed between two plasterboards, wood, cardboard or other material, the matrix array of sensors interposed between the layer insulation and one of two plasterboard, wood, cardboard or other material.
- a domestic furniture or a partition according to the invention may comprise one of the elements of the assembly consisting of a table surface, a chair seat, a carpet and a slab ground, the matrix array of sensors extending against or in this element.
- a domestic furniture or a partition according to the invention may comprise a surface element of a motor vehicle, such as a ceiling, a dashboard or a door, the matrix array of sensors extending against or in this surface element.
- FIG. 1 schematically represents the general structure of a touch screen according to a first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 illustrates in detail an embodiment of a matrix network with rows and columns of sensors of the touch screen of FIG. 1,
- FIG. 3 diagrammatically shows an exploded perspective view of the general structure of a touch screen according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 shows schematically the general structure of a domestic furniture according to one embodiment of the invention.
- a touch screen 10 is shown in perspective in Figure 1 according to a first embodiment. It comprises a partition support 12, for example a plasterboard, wood, cardboard or other material, intended to form a part of wall or ceiling, which has a surface 14 accessible to the touch by a user. against or in this area 14 extends a matrix array S with lines 16 and columns 18 of sensors sensitive to a touch or gesture of the user.
- the matrix array S of sensors is more precisely disposed against the surface 14 over its entire extent in the form of a "patch”. It may be covered with a protective layer (not shown) to prevent damage to sensors.
- the sensors of this network S are, for example, capacitive, resistive, piezoelectric, acoustic or infrared technology sensors.
- All sensor lines 16 are connected to an interface 20 for connecting the sensor matrix array to an external electronic control system 22. This connection is made using a connection 24 orthogonal to the lines. Likewise, all the columns 18 of sensors are connected to the interface 20 by means of a connection 26 orthogonal to the columns.
- the connection interface 20 is furthermore advantageously programmable for the individual activation / deactivation of each line 16 and column 18 of the sensor array.
- FIG. 2 An exemplary embodiment of the matrix array S with rows 16 and columns 18 of sensors is illustrated in FIG. 2. It is an array of conventional capacitive sensors comprising a first layer L1 of electrical conductors arranged in lines 16 of the matrix network. S, a second layer L2 of electrical conductors arranged in columns 18 of the matrix array S and an insulating intermediate layer L3 disposed between the first and second layers L1, L2.
- the lines 16 and columns 18 of capacitive sensors are, for example, channels of grease or conductive ink formed respectively in the layers L1 and L2 as illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the electrical conductors may consist of conducting wires embedded in a substrate insulation or conductive polymer strips formed in several insulating layers.
- the capacitive technology employed is, for example, the well-known principle of mutual capacity allowing to manage a very large number of contact points and touches with multiple contacts.
- the matrix array S of sensors is integrated in the partition 10.
- This consists for example of a layer 30 of molded plaster, wood, cardboard or another material disposed between two sheets 32 and 34 of cardboard or paper or any plating, the matrix array S of sensors interposed between the layer 30 of molded plaster, wood, cardboard or the like and one of the two sheets of cardboard or paper or plating.
- the partition 10 could also be formed of an insulating layer disposed between two plaster boards, wood, cardboard or other material, the matrix array S of sensors interposed between the insulating layer and one of the two plates. plaster, wood, cardboard or other material.
- the matrix network S of sensors is invisible and protected by one of the two sheets of cardboard or plasterboard, wood, cardboard or other material.
- the interface 20 and the electronic control system 22 are integrated in a single control module able to control by wireless communication, using a wireless telecommunication protocol, various devices 36, 38, 40 such as lighting devices, shutters or others.
- the tactile partition provided with the matrix array S of sensors and the interface 20, or even the electronic control system 22, could be a surface element of a motor vehicle, such as a ceiling, a dashboard or a control panel. door, the matrix array S of sensors extending against or in this surface element. It could also be a surface element in the aeronautical sector, the maritime sector or the railway sector.
- a domestic touch furniture 50 is shown in perspective in Figure 4. It is more specifically a table having a flat surface 52 in or against which the matrix network S of sensors. In one of its corners is further disposed the interface 20, and possibly the electronic control system 22.
- the touch-sensitive domestic furniture provided with the matrix array S of sensors and the interface 20, or even the electronic control system 22, could be a chair (the matrix array S of sensors extending against or in its seat), a carpet or floor slab.
- a home furniture or a touch screen such as one of those described above allows a simple reconfiguration of the area functionalized and a wide variety of applications, without the need to make major changes to the home furniture or touch screen from one application to another.
- a domestic furniture or a touch screen according to the invention can be manufactured in series, programming specific to the envisaged application can be programmed later when the domestic furniture or the touch screen is installed in its environment.
- the different possible applications include piloting a room, an industrial building, a work desk, a meeting room such as lighting (intensity, color, mood effect, .. .), shutters or music, interacting by touch or gesture, binary or gradual, with a home furniture or a touch screen such as one or those described above.
- the matrix array of sensors integrated or placed against the considered structure detects touch or gesture with or without contact according to the chosen configuration and sensitivity.
- the structure may further comprise elements allowing a sound, vibrotactile or luminous feedback.
- Any type of support is particularly suitable for the matrix array of sensors, such as glass, plastic, plywood, partitions manufactured by companies Placoplatre and Fermacell, etc.
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FR1456600A FR3023630B1 (en) | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-09 | DOMESTIC FURNITURE OR TOUCH FENCE |
PCT/FR2015/051788 WO2016005677A1 (en) | 2014-07-09 | 2015-06-30 | Touch-sensitive partition wall or household furniture item |
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