The present application claims priority of the two national German Patent Applications 10 2019 106 441.4 of Mar. 13, 2019 and 10 2019 109 785.1 of Apr. 12, 2019, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into the subject matter of the present patent application.
The invention relates to an operating unit for a vehicle with oscillation-free haptic feedback.
Systems for haptic feedback typically consist of an actuator that applies a force and a mechanical system on which the force acts. The resulting motion can be sensed by the user.
To allow this motion in the first place, the mechanical system is usually spring-mounted. Mechanical spring-mass systems inevitably have resonance frequencies with which they can oscillate.
There are haptic feedback approaches in which one of these resonance frequencies is deliberately stimulated in order to make the resulting sinusoidal vibration perceptible. The disadvantage of this approach is an impression that is usually described as qualitatively inferior or vague.
Therefore, a pulse-shaped course of path of the mechanical system is preferred (see the solid line in the diagram of