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Operating device and operating method for an electric domestic appliance

  • US 20050061958A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2004
  • Published: 03/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An operating device for an electrical appliance, said operating device comprising:

  • an operating surface;

    at least one operating element below said operating surface wherein said at least one operating element has at least one movement sensor, and wherein said at least one movement sensor has an optical recording device for detecting a movement or a contact point of a finger at or on said operating surface and determining a position or a position change of said movement or said contact point at or on said operating surface; and

    an evaluating unit for activating an operating function for said electrical appliance, said evaluating unit evaluating said position or said position change of said contact point.

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