Process for performing operations using a 3D input device
First Claim
1. A system for commanding technical control operations and/or for commanding execution of technical functions, said system having an input device comprising a force-torque sensor manually operated by a user interface and measuring linear displacements and/or rotary deflections and converting said displacements and/or deflections into a corresponding pair of force-torque vector signals being composed of a force vector signal and a torque vector signal, respectively, said user interface of said input device having at least one defined area assigned to a certain object to enter a pressure pulse which triggers a special switching operation and corresponds to pulse-shaped displacements and/or deflections of said user interface, said input device including a device evaluating and identifying such a pressure pulse by checking the pair of force-torque vector signals measured by said force-torque sensor in view of being within a predefined pressure pulse tolerance range and triggering said switching operation when the pair of force-torque vector signals is within the predefined pressure pulse tolerance range.
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Abstract
To trigger technical control operations and/or to trigger the execution of technical functions, a manually operated input device with a torque-force sensor is used. Pressure is exerted onto a user interface of this input device and results in the generation of a pulse, which is measured with the aid of the force-torque sensor and converted into a pair of vectors formed by a force vector and a moment vector. This vector pair is then checked to determine whether certain predefined characteristic pulse conditions have been met. If these predefined pulse conditions are identified as having been met, at least one technical control operation that is to be performed by means of the input device and linked to a certain object, and/or at least one technical function to be executed by means of the input device, is triggered by switching to an activation state.
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- 1. A system for commanding technical control operations and/or for commanding execution of technical functions, said system having an input device comprising a force-torque sensor manually operated by a user interface and measuring linear displacements and/or rotary deflections and converting said displacements and/or deflections into a corresponding pair of force-torque vector signals being composed of a force vector signal and a torque vector signal, respectively, said user interface of said input device having at least one defined area assigned to a certain object to enter a pressure pulse which triggers a special switching operation and corresponds to pulse-shaped displacements and/or deflections of said user interface, said input device including a device evaluating and identifying such a pressure pulse by checking the pair of force-torque vector signals measured by said force-torque sensor in view of being within a predefined pressure pulse tolerance range and triggering said switching operation when the pair of force-torque vector signals is within the predefined pressure pulse tolerance range.
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