APPLIANCE COMPRISING AN OPERATING UNIT
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Abstract
An appliance has an operating unit with an actuating element for triggering a pre-determined action. The actuating element is mechanically actuatable by force of a user. The actuating element is preferably a mechanically actuatable switch and/or key element. A touch-sensitive sensor is built into the actuating element, for detecting skin contact occurring as a result of the exertion of force for the mechanical actuation of the actuating element. The appliance is also embodied in such a way that, as a requirement for triggering the pre-determined actions, it is checked whether the actuating element is actuated and skin contact is detected by the touch-sensitive sensor. The appliance prevents defective actuations by associating touch-sensitive sensor technology with the mechanically actuatable actuating element. This ensures that mechanical actuation without skin contact does trigger the predetermined action.
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31 Claims
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15. An appliance with an operating unit, comprising:
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an actuation element to trigger a pre-determined action, the actuation element being actuated by mechanical force of a user on the actuation element; and a touch-sensitive sensor provided for the actuation unit, to detect skin contact which occurs as a result of the mechanical force on the actuation element, wherein the appliance triggers the pre-determined action only if the actuation element has been actuated by the mechanical force of the user and the touch-sensitive sensor has detected skin contact during actuation of the actuation element. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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