EP3554880A1 - Operating device for selecting at least one gear speed of a vehicle, vehicle with an operating device and method for operating an operating device - Google Patents
Operating device for selecting at least one gear speed of a vehicle, vehicle with an operating device and method for operating an operating deviceInfo
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- the present approach relates to an operating device for selecting at least one transmission stage of a vehicle, a vehicle having an operating device and a method for operating an operating device.
- the present approach provides an improved operating device for selecting at least one transmission stage of a vehicle, a vehicle having an improved operating device, and a method for operating an improved operating device according to the main claims.
- Advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims and the description below.
- An operating device for selecting at least one gear stage of a vehicle has at least one sensor with a touch-sensitive area and a deformable surface, which is designed to form at least one haptic operating element in a deformed state together with the at least one sensor.
- the sensor may be a touch sensor.
- the haptic control is configured to provide a selection signal for selecting the transmission stage in response to a touch.
- the operating device presented here is particularly advantageous for partially and / or highly automated mobile vehicles, since it forms an operating element for selecting the gear stage only in the deformed state and otherwise, for example, during a highly automated driving. operation of the vehicle, discreetly holding in the background in an undeformed state.
- a highly automated driving operation can be understood as an operating mode of the vehicle in which the vehicle is guided over a road or a travel path, at least partially without interaction or control by the driver of the vehicle.
- the control element is therefore only needed if the driver wants to switch to manual driving, in which the vehicle is to be controlled by the driver, for example, at least partially manually.
- the surface in the deformed state forms a haptic operating element which has at least one protrusion and / or a depression, this can allow haptic guidance of a finger of the driver.
- the surface can advantageously form a haptic operating element which forms at least one finger track.
- the driver can conveniently follow with the finger only the finger track to adjust the gear stage. This allows a particularly intuitive setting of the gear stage.
- the operating element can also form a plurality of finger tracks, which can run, for example, in different directions and are each assigned to a different gear stage.
- a material of the surface may at least partially have a polygonal and / or hexagonal structure.
- the operating device may have at least one actuator, which is designed to transfer the surface into the deformed state and / or back to the undeformed state.
- the actuator may be configured to deform the surface by a person independently of a touch of the operating device.
- the actuator has an interface for receiving an electrical drive signal, which is suitable for controlling the actuator in such a way that deformation of the surface is effected.
- the actuator may comprise at least one magneto-rheological elastomer and / or an electromagnetic actuator and / or an NEN pneumatic actuator and / or have an electromechanical actuator.
- the actuators presented here are suitable for rapid and technically simple transfer into the deformed and / or undeformed state of the surface.
- the driver can optically check whether the gear stage to be set corresponds to the desired gear stage.
- the display section may have, for example, at least one LCD / TFT display and / or one OLED display and / or one RP * polycarbonate film in order to reliably indicate the gear stage.
- the entire touch-sensitive area may be formed as a display area, for example, only in the display sections of the display area, the gear stages to be set, for example P, R, N, D, S, may be displayed.
- the surface can be formed at least partially from at least one elastomer and / or wood and / or metal and / or stone and / or synthetic material and / or leather. These materials can allow a three-dimensional deformation of the surface.
- the region of the operating device is designed in accordance with an advantageous embodiment to generate a haptic feedback in response to the touching.
- the driver a tactile confirmation during an adjustment and / or in response to the gear set, transmitted.
- the haptic feedback can be realized, for example, by at least one electrostatic film and / or at least one piezoactuator, which can be arranged in the partial area, for example in the display section of the area.
- the operating device may be arranged or arrangeable in an armrest and / or a hand rest and / or a center console and / or a steering wheel and / or a dashboard of the vehicle.
- the locations mentioned here are quickly and intuitively accessible by the driver.
- the surface is converted into the deformed state in response to a startup of the vehicle and / or an approach signal of a proximity sensor system of the vehicle, when the operating device is arranged in the vehicle.
- the approach signal may in this case represent, for example, an approach of the driver's hand to the operating device. However, the approach signal may also represent an approach of the driver to the vehicle.
- a vehicle has one of the presented operating devices.
- a vehicle presented here can realize the already presented advantages of the operating device.
- a method for operating one of the presented operating devices comprises at least the following steps:
- This method can be implemented, for example, in software or hardware or in a mixed form of software and hardware, for example in a control unit. Even by such a method, the already described advantages of the operating device can be realized technically simple and inexpensive.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device for
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- 3 is a schematic plan view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- Fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of an operating device according to a
- FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view of an operating device according to a
- FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- 1 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an operating device according to an embodiment
- FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of an operating device according to a
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a method for selecting at least one
- Gear stage of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 for selecting at least one gear stage of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the operating device 100 is designed to set at least the gear stage of the vehicle.
- the operating device 100 has at least one sensor 105 and a deformable surface 110.
- the operating device 100 has four sensors 105, of which two sensors 105 can be seen in the cross section illustrated here.
- the deformable surface 110 is configured to form in a deformed state 115 together with the sensors 105 at least one haptic control element 120 having at least one touch-sensitive area.
- the surface 110 is shown in the deformed state 115, in which the haptic control element 120 according to this embodiment has a recess.
- the sensor or sensors 105 may be integrated into the surface 110 or disposed on the surface 110.
- the surface 110 may be formed as a deformable layer, for example as a foil or the like.
- each of the sensors 105 is associated with a touch-sensitive area, or a touch-sensitive area is formed by each of the sensors 105.
- the haptic control element 120 is configured to provide a selection signal indicating the operation of the control device 100.
- the selection signal may be an electrical signal that may be received by a transmission control unit and used to adjust a transmission stage associated with the touched area being touched.
- the operating device 100 has at least one actuator 130, according to these exemplary embodiments, four actuators 130, two of which actuators 130 are visible in the cross section.
- the actuators 130 are configured to transfer the surface 110 into the deformed state 115.
- the actuators 130 are formed as low-voltage actuators with high elongation.
- the surface 110 is in this embodiment of a magnetorheological Mate formed rial.
- each of the actuators 130 may be separate or the actuators 130 may be driven together to effect deformation of the surface 110.
- the actuators 130 are formed according to an embodiment to receive an electrical drive signal in each case.
- the present approach describes an operating device 100 which generates at least one haptic operating element 120 or a plurality of haptic operating elements 120 for selecting gear stages in closed surfaces 110.
- the operating device 100 can also be referred to as a device for generating haptic operating elements 120 in closed surfaces for selecting transmission stages of a vehicle or as a 3D tronic.
- the operating device 100 presented here is based on the basic principle that the surface 110 is deformed three-dimensionally and thus the operating element 120, according to this embodiment in the form of a finger track, to which a user can orient tactile using the receptors of the human hand is generated to allow such a guided blind operation of the control element 120.
- the haptic operating element 120 shown here has a touch-sensitive area, which is formed either as a whole as a display area, or as shown in the following embodiments comprises individual display sections, which can be seen in Figures 3, 6, 9 and 12.
- the area also has the respective circuit diagram of the transmission position, whereby the driver is a selection of the possible gear stage, which can also be referred to as a gear, is made possible by finger movement.
- the haptic control element 120 according to this embodiment, the recess and / or, as described in Figures 7 to 12, surveys as a haptic guide of the finger, which the user, who can also be referred to as a driver or user, an intuitive and allow distraction-free operation by means of tactile perception.
- the haptic control element 120 can be embodied using various technologies; according to this exemplary embodiment, the surface 110 has magneto-theoretic elastomers, this material deforms in the magnetic field and returns to its original shape when the magnetic field is switched off.
- a texture of the surface 110 may be made using various materials, patterns, and structures that enable three-dimensional deformation, such as plastics having elastic properties such as elastomers and / or wood and / or metals and / or stone and / or fabrics such as synthetic fabrics and / or leather.
- a construction of the surface 110 may be polygonal and / or hexagonal.
- the haptic controls 120 may be shown or received in different surfaces 110 in the vehicle, such as armrests, hand rests, a center console, a steering wheel, and / or a dashboard of the vehicle.
- a device of haptic controls 120, d. H. the transfer of the surface 110 into the deformed state 115 can be introduced and removed with different processes, for example with the start-up of the vehicle or a proximity sensor system.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to one exemplary embodiment.
- This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 1, with the difference that the deformable surface 110 according to this exemplary embodiment is in an undeformed state 200 in which the user of the operating device 100 does not have a haptic operating element for selecting the gear stage Available.
- the sensors of the operating device 100 are deactivated in this state.
- the sensors are activated in response to activation of the actuators 130 to transfer the surface 110 to the deformed state and deactivated in response to re-activation of the actuators 130 or deactivation of the actuators 130 to transfer the surface 110 to the undeformed state 200.
- the sensors may be active regardless of the state of the surface 110 and thus independent of a state of the actuators 130.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of an operating device 100 according to one exemplary embodiment. This may be the operating procedure described in FIG. direction 100, wherein the surface 110 is disposed in the deformed state 115. It can be seen in FIG. 3 that the surface 110 forms at least one haptic control element 120 which according to this exemplary embodiment forms four finger tracks 300 in the plan view, which are arranged in a cross shape relative to one another and accordingly in a center 302 of FIG Crosses are interconnected. A bottom of the cross visible here is formed as the touch-sensitive area according to this embodiment.
- Each of the finger tracks 300 has a free end facing away from the center 302, which according to this exemplary embodiment in each case has a display section 305 which is shaped to display a gear stage P, R, N, D assigned to the respective finger track 300.
- the sensors described in FIG. 1, which are each assigned to one of the gear stages P, R, N, D, are each arranged in the region of the four display sections 305 according to this exemplary embodiment.
- the touch-sensitive area may be implemented using various technologies.
- at least the display sections 305 include touch-sensitive LCD / TFT displays, also called touch displays.
- the display portions comprise 305 OLED displays with touch sensitive sensors, which "film insert of-MoldedElectronics" method were fused into a plastic component in one.
- the display sections comprise 305 RP * -Polykarbonatfolien with integrated or patch touch-sensitive sensor and a projector which is located behind the visible surface 110 and which projects the user interface onto the visible surface 110, also called a rear-projection
- the entire touch-sensitive area is formed as the display section 305.
- the touch-sensitive display sections 305 of the operating elements 120 are according to this embodiment by means of various technologies, such as an electrostatic film or a solution based on piezo actuators, with haptic Feedb equipped to make individual areas of the user interface such as the button and confirmation fields "tangible".
- 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 2, with the difference that the operating device 100 only has a sensor 105 arranged below a center of the surface 110 and that the actuators are formed as at least one electromagnetic actuator 400. The electromagnetic actuator 400 and the sensor 105 are received in a mold support 405 according to this embodiment.
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to one exemplary embodiment. This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 4, with the difference that the deformable surface 110 according to this exemplary embodiment is arranged in the deformed state 115.
- the electromagnetic actuator 400 entrains the material of the surface 110 with it, thus forming the depression in the surface 110 or, according to an alternative embodiment, an elevation.
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic plan view of an operating device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment.
- This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 5.
- the surface 110 is deformed according to this embodiment such that in addition to the control element 120, a further control element 600 is additionally formed.
- the operating element 120 is arrow-shaped in accordance with this exemplary embodiment and the further operating element 600 is straight-shaped.
- An arrow shaft 605 of the arrow-shaped operating element 120 is arranged transversely to a main extension length of the straight additional operating element 600 according to this exemplary embodiment.
- Floors of the operating elements 120, 600 visible here are shaped as the touch-sensitive areas according to this exemplary embodiment.
- a tip of the arrow-shaped operating element 120 and two lateral ends of the tip of the arrow-shaped operating element 120 and one end of the further operating element 600 each have a display section 305, which is formed to a respective associated gear stage P, R, N, D. display.
- the display section 305 assigned to the gear stage P is in the range of the further operating state.
- the sensor described in FIG. 4 has at least four sensor elements which are each assigned to one of the gear stages P, R, N, D. The sensor elements are each arranged in the region of the four display sections 305 according to this embodiment.
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to one exemplary embodiment. This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 4, with the difference that the actuator is designed as an electromechanical actuator 700.
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment.
- This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 7, with the difference that the deformable surface 110 according to this exemplary embodiment is arranged in the deformed state 115, in which the operating element 120 according to this embodiment forms a haptic finger guide.
- the electromechanical actuator 700 has moved the surface 110 upwards.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic plan view of an operating device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment.
- This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 8.
- the surface 110 is deformed according to this embodiment such that the operating element 120 forms a square with four square sections 900 in plan view.
- a bottom of the square visible here is formed as the touch-sensitive area according to this embodiment.
- Each of the square portions 900 facing away from a center of the square and facing an outer edge of the square respectively, has a display portion 305 shaped to indicate a gear stage P, R, N, D associated with the square portion 900.
- the sensors described in FIG. 1, which are each assigned to one of the gear stages P, R, N, D, are designed according to this embodiment. each case in the region of the four display sections 305 arranged.
- the sensor described in FIG. 4 has at least four sensor elements which are each assigned to one of the gear stages P, R, N, D.
- the sensor elements are each arranged in the region of the four display sections 305 according to this embodiment.
- FIG. 10 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to one exemplary embodiment. This can be the operating device 100 described with reference to FIG. 7, with the difference that the operating device 100 has a pneumatic actuator 1000 instead of the electromechanical actuator.
- the pneumatic actuator 1000 has an air supply device 1005 and an exhaust air device 1010.
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of an operating device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment.
- This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 10, with the difference that the deformable surface 110 according to this embodiment is arranged in the deformed state 115, in which the operating element 120 according to this exemplary embodiment forms a haptic finger trace 1100.
- a central portion of the surface 110 is moved by the pneumatic actuator 1000 moves upward.
- the pneumatic actuator 1000 generates the haptic control element 120 by means of compressed air.
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic plan view of an operating device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. This can be the operating device 100 described in FIG. 11.
- the control element 120 is formed circular in plan view according to this embodiment.
- a visible here surface of the circular control element 120 is formed according to this embodiment as the touch-sensitive area. Adjacent to each other, five display sections 305 are arranged on a circular edge of the circular control element 120 and indicate five gear steps P, R, N, D, S associated with the display sections 305.
- the sensor described in FIG. 4 has at least five sensor elements which are each assigned to one of the gear stages P, R, N, D, S. The sensor elements are each arranged in the region of the five display sections 305 according to this embodiment.
- FIG. 13 shows a flow chart of a method 1300 for selecting at least one gear stage of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the method 1300 includes at least a read in step 1305 and a step 1310 of the output.
- a touch signal is read which represents the touching of the touch-sensitive area of the haptic control element.
- a transmission signal is output which is adapted to set the transmission stage using the touch signal.
- an exemplary embodiment comprises a "and / or" link between a first feature and a second feature
- this can be read so that the embodiment according to one embodiment, both the first feature and the second feature and according to another embodiment, either only the first Feature or only the second feature.
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