METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH AN APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING A CAPACITIVE CONTROL SURFACE, INTERFACE AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for interacting with an electronic and/or computerized device, known as user device, said user device comprising:
- a control surface equipped with a plurality of capacitive electrodes, arranged to detect at least one control object situated at a distance that is not zero from said control surface; and
at least one surface, known as neutral, arranged at the periphery of said control surface so that none of said capacitive electrodes of said control surface is disposed in said neutral surface;
said method including;
detection of at least one control object disposed in contact with or opposite said neutral surface of said device, by utilizing the edge effect of at least one of said capacitive electrodes of said control surface which is located close to said neutral surface; and
triggering, as a function of said detection, of at least one function in said user device.
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Abstract
A method is provided for interacting with an electronic and/or computing apparatus, termed the user apparatus, the user apparatus including: a control surface furnished with a plurality of capacitive electrodes, and at least one neutral surface, arranged at the periphery of the control surface so that none of the capacitive electrodes of the control surface is disposed in the neutral surface; the method including the following steps: detection of at least one control object disposed in contact with or opposite the neutral surface of the apparatus, by utilization of the edge effect, and triggering, as a function of the detection, at least one function in the user apparatus. The invention also relates to a man-machine interface for interacting with a user apparatus and a user apparatus, implementing this method.
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1. A method for interacting with an electronic and/or computerized device, known as user device, said user device comprising:
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a control surface equipped with a plurality of capacitive electrodes, arranged to detect at least one control object situated at a distance that is not zero from said control surface; and at least one surface, known as neutral, arranged at the periphery of said control surface so that none of said capacitive electrodes of said control surface is disposed in said neutral surface; said method including; detection of at least one control object disposed in contact with or opposite said neutral surface of said device, by utilizing the edge effect of at least one of said capacitive electrodes of said control surface which is located close to said neutral surface; and triggering, as a function of said detection, of at least one function in said user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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