US 12,077,206 B2
Operator control device for a vehicle, steering wheel, dashboard, center console or armrest for a vehicle with an operator control device, vehicle with an operator control device and method for operating an operator control device
Vitali Fribus, Quakenbrück (DE); and Lenard Petrzik, Diepholz (DE)
Assigned to SIGNATA GMBH, Diepholz (DE)
Appl. No. 17/642,353
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075212
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048213, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019213858.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140082 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/046 (2013.01) [B60R 16/037 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operator control apparatus for a vehicle, the operator control apparatus comprising:
a rotatable base body having a first operator control section for adjusting at least one first vehicle function of the vehicle and a second operator control section for adjusting a second vehicle function of the vehicle;
an electronics unit configured to generate a first touch signal, wherein the first touch signal represents at least one of a manual touch of and an approach towards the first operator control section, and the electronics unit configured to provide a second touch signal, wherein the second touch signal represents at least one of a manual touch of and an approach towards the second operator control section; and
a rotation unit for guiding a rotary movement of the rotatable base body, wherein the rotation unit is configured to respond to the first touch signal by adjusting a first rotation characteristic of the rotary movement and to respond to the second touch signal by adjusting a second rotation characteristic of the rotary movement, and wherein the second rotation characteristic is different than the first rotation characteristic.