EP3827455A1 - Control module with toggle switches - Google Patents
Control module with toggle switchesInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a control module, in particular for a vehicle interior and with tilting keys.
- G user who is often the driver, to easily and quickly access the controls of the various functional modules of the vehicle (multimedia device, air conditioning, lighting, etc.).
- the rocker type keys can be integrated into a passenger compartment in the form of tilting lines or key bars, in particular at the center console of the vehicle, at the space between the two driver and passenger seats.
- the rocker keys can in particular switch in two opposite and substantially aligned directions (up and down, front and back or left and right). In each of these directions, a component driven in movement by the tilting of a body of the button actuates an electrical switch, for example a pressure switch.
- two electrical switches are then provided, one for each tilting direction. These keys can then control additional logical functions such as lowering or increasing a sound volume, going up or down in a drop-down menu, decreasing or increasing a power or temperature setpoint of an air conditioning device.
- rocker keys which can only be rocked in one direction, even in the case of horizontal key bars on vertical surfaces, reduces the quality of the interface as perceived by the user.
- the invention relates to a rocker key control module, in particular for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, having at least one key, comprising a key body, having a front portion intended to be manipulated by a user in a first tilting direction and a second tilting direction opposite to the first, as well as a rear portion opposite to the front portion, the key body being articulated in tilting around an axis of tilting perpendicular to the two directions of tilting between a first and a second extreme position passing through a neutral position, characterized in that:
- the key further comprises a lever, tiltable by rotation about a pivot axis extending perpendicular to the tilt axis and to the tilt directions, with a first branch and a second branch extending from the 'pivot axis, on either side of the plane containing the pivot axis and the two actuation directions,
- the button has an electrical switch, arranged aligned with the
- the rear portion of the key body comprises a first and a second arm, the first branch being disposed between the first arm and the electrical switch, the second arm being disposed on the same side of the second branch as the electrical switch opposite said second branch, so that the lever comes to actuate the electric switch whatever the direction of tilting of the key body.
- the control module thus obtained has only one electric switch actuated by the lever regardless of the direction of tilting of the key body.
- the control module can also have one or more of the following characteristics, taken alone or in combination.
- the two arms of the lever can be straight and aligned.
- the two arms can be aligned with the tilt axis when the key body is in the neutral position.
- the two arms can be aligned with the tilt axis and the two arms can:
- the lever may comprise a cylindrical pivot coming in one piece with the branches at the intersection of the lever with the pivot axis.
- the key body may comprise a key body light guide, with an exit diopter on the visible surface of the key body forming a decoration or a symbol
- the lever may comprise a lever light guide, comprising a light diopter. an input intended to collect light from a light source, and an output diopter disposed opposite an input diopter of the light guide of the key body.
- the tubular pivot may have a hole in which the lever light guide is arranged, and a diameter greater than the transverse dimensions of the branches of the
- the cylindrical pivot can be oriented towards the key body in the assembled state of the control module.
- the control module may further include two stops, limiting the rotational movement of the lever between a neutral position and an operating position of the electric switch.
- the lever may include a stop finger, at one end of one of the branches, cooperating with the two stops to limit the rotational movement of the lever.
- the key can also comprise elastic return means, in PTO with the lever, defining the neutral position of the key body adopted in the absence of actuation by the user.
- the elastic return means may comprise a torsion spring in PTO with a central portion of the lever and / or a compression spring in PTO with one of the arms of the lever.
- the arms may comprise at their distal end a finger having a support surface curved in the plane containing the tilt axis and the tilt directions.
- the electrical switch can be a pressure switch comprising a blistering body compressed by the first branch during the rotation of the lever.
- FIG. 1 diagrammatically shows a passenger compartment of a vehicle, with a key alignment control module
- FIG. 2 shows in more detail the alignment of keys
- FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the main elements of an alignment key
- FIG. 4 illustrates the actuation of the rocker key, with side and back views in the case of a key at rest, actuated upwards and downwards,
- FIG. 5 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the key
- FIGS. 6a and 6b illustrate possible positions for elastic return means at the level of a lever of the key
- Figures 7a and 7b are rear views of the key body and the lever of two compact embodiments.
- control module can equally be mounted on surfaces oriented in different ways: vertical or horizontal surface of a central console or door, or horizontal inverted at the level of a ceiling or rear view mirror.
- FIG. 1 schematically represents a control module 100, comprising a screen S, and a control element according to the invention, here in the form of alignment of keys 101.
- the alignment of keys 101 is arranged at a surface substantially horizontal or at least slightly inclined at the base of the center console, between the driver and passenger seats of the vehicle.
- the alignment of keys 101 is here in particular arranged under a screen S of the control module 100 which can in particular be tactile, and cooperates with said screen S for the display of data relating to the functions controlled by means of the control module 100.
- SUBSTITUTE SHEET (temperature, power, heating or cooling of air), media playback (sound volume, playback source, track navigation, radio), management of on-board telephony, management of a navigation assistant, defrosting one or more windows or mirrors, interior lighting, vehicle headlights, etc.
- a user U is in the process of interacting with the control module by rocking a key of the key alignment 101 by means of his finger.
- the keys Ti, T 2 ... TN of the alignment 101 can be inclined by rotation about a tilting axis B, parallel to the alignment of the keys Ti, T2 ... TN. Some are associated with two-state logic functions, and others with logic functions requiring to distinguish the direction of tilting.
- T N define an actuation axis A orthogonal to the tilting axis B, containing the two tilting directions (two-way arrows) starting from an intermediate neutral position.
- the keys Ti, T 2 ... TN are aligned transversely in the vehicle, that is to say in the axis going from the passenger side to the driver side, and the actuation axis A goes from the front to the rear of the vehicle. Indeed, the user switches the keys Ti, T2 ... TN substantially towards the front or the rear of the vehicle.
- the actuation axes A and tilting B generate a plane corresponding substantially and / or at least locally to the surface in which the alignment of keys 101 is implanted.
- T2 ... TN keys are engraved, painted or cut out pictograms indicative of the function controlled by switching the associated Ti, T2 ... TN key.
- the pictograms can in particular represent rising arrows and
- SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) descending, a window symbol being defrosted, a character seated with air conditioning air outlets pointed on his face and feet, the characters "AUTO” indicating automatic air conditioning management, a fan diagram for the power of '' a blower, the characters "A / C” indicating simple heating or conditioning of the air blown into the passenger compartment etc.
- pictograms can in particular be backlit, for example with light guides, the output diopter of which comprises a mask delimiting the corresponding pictogram, and an input diopter situated opposite a light-emitting diode, arranged under the apparent surface of an interface chassis, stationary with respect to the keys Ti, T 2 ... TN.
- the visible portion of the keys Ti, T 2 ... TN can also be painted, metallized or covered with a decorative sticker according to aesthetic needs.
- the contact surface with the finger of the user U can be metallized and connected to a capacitive detector, so as to detect and interpret the contact of the finger of the user U even before the switching of the keys Ti, T 2 ... TN.
- a single T key is shown exploded outside of the control module 100 in FIG. 3.
- the T key has a key body 1 and a lever 3.
- This T key is associated with a two-state function, for example an on or off state, and comprises a single electrical switch 5, for example a pressure switch, which emits an electrical signal when actuated by pressure on a blistering body, for example by closing a pressure detection circuit.
- the key body 1 is the part comprising a front portion at least partially visible in the assembled state, situated at the front of the tilting axis B, intended to be manipulated by a user in a first tilting direction and a second tilting direction opposite to the first.
- a rear portion 1b of the key body 1 is disposed behind the pivot axis B opposite the front part 1a, in particular behind the surface on which the key alignment 101 is disposed and hidden by said surface, for example by means of a cover comprising a window through which at least partially passes
- the key body 1 can be tilted around the tilting axis B by pressure of the user U on the front portion 1a, and its movement results in taking into account an actuation by the user U of the interface module 100 for controlling a function of the vehicle when it switches from a neutral intermediate position to one of two extreme tilting positions.
- Elastic means 7, here in the form of a helical spring spring arranged around the pivot axis B ensure a return to the neutral position of the key body 1 in the absence of actuation by the user U.
- the elastic means 7 are shown next to the key body 1 for a better understanding, but are, in the assembled state advantageously arranged in a tubular housing inside the key body 1, around a shaft or a rod materializing the tilting axis B, represented by a circular opening on the side of the key body 1.
- the rear portion 1b of the key body comprises arms, a first 11a and a second 11b, extending rearward, in particular perpendicular to the tilt axis B and to the actuation axis A
- the arms 1a, 1b are in particular arranged diagonally opposite with respect to the tilting B and actuating axes A, at two opposite corners of a rectangular rear surface of the key body 1.
- the lever 3 comprises two branches 3a, 3b, coming, in the assembled state, between the arms 11, and is movable in rotation about a pivot axis P perpendicular to the tilting B and actuating axes A.
- Said axis pivot P is therefore roughly parallel to the arms l la, l lb.
- the pivot axis P extends in particular from the outside to the inside of the control module 100, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface in which the alignment of keys 101 is arranged.
- the branches 3a, 3b extending from the pivot axis P, on either side of the plane containing the pivot axis P and the actuation axis A,
- the two branches 3a, 3b are here in particular rectilinear and aligned, giving the shape of a bar of square section to the pivot 3.
- a first arm 1a, a first branch 3a and the electric switch 5 are aligned in a plane parallel to the tilt axis B and to the actuation axis A, the first branch 3a is disposed between the first arm l 1a and the electrical switch 5, the second arm 1b is aligned with the second branch 3b in the same plane and arranged on the same side of the second branch 3b as the electrical switch 5.
- lever 3 actuates the electrical switch 5 whatever the direction of tilting of the key body 1 due to the force exerted on it by one of the arms l la, l lb.
- the arms l 1a, 1b have at their free ends fingers 13, having a curved bearing surface around the pivot axis P to maintain support on the branches 3a, 3b with a constant force during rotation of the lever 3.
- the fingers 13 can in particular be made of elastomer in order to limit the vibrations and the wear of the branches 3a, 3b and of the fingers 13 themselves, which then improves the haptic feedback and the noises, and thus increases the quality perceived from the interface module 100.
- the lever 3 comprises a pivot 33 in its center, here in the form of a cylindrical pivot coming integrally with the branches 3 a, 3b.
- the cylindrical pivot 33 cooperates in the assembled state of the key T with a complementary housing or drilling of the chassis for the maintenance and the rotational mobility of the lever 3 around the pivot axis P.
- the cylindrical pivot 33 can in particular be oriented towards the front (in the direction of the key body 1, FIGS. 3 and 5) for more compactness with the arms there, 1 lb long so as to obtain a significant lever, or towards the rear (direction opposite to the body button 1), in order to place the lever 3 as close as possible to the button body 1.
- the pivot 33 may alternatively be a bore, intended to cooperate with a corresponding lug of the chassis.
- the arms 1a, 1b press on end portions of the branches 3a, 3b by means of the fingers 13, to exert a greater torque.
- the electrical switch 5 is arranged at one of the ends of the first branch 3a of the lever 3, facing the first of the arms 1a of the key body 1, on the rotational path of the first branch 3a , in a plane parallel to
- the key body 1 and the lever 3 can in particular be made of plastic, in particular molded plastic, in particular by injection.
- the T key can also include means for generating a haptic feedback, which increase for example a resistive torque when approaching the positions in which the electric switch 5 is actuated.
- a haptic feedback which increase for example a resistive torque when approaching the positions in which the electric switch 5 is actuated.
- additional springs can be installed so as to be compressed only at the end of the tilting stroke of the key body 1.
- the electrical switch 5 can, by means of a blistering body generate the haptic feedback during its compression to generate a control signal.
- FIG. 4 shows the T key in side section view and in rear view in three states, from top to bottom: in neutral position, actuated in one direction, actuated in the other direction .
- the diagrams on the left in Figure 4 are side views of the T key: the tilt axis B is orthogonal to the image plane, the pivot axis P is however in the image plane .
- the diagrams on the right in figure 4 are rear views of the T key: the tilt axis B is contained in the plane of the image, the pivot axis P is orthogonal to the plane of the image.
- the T key is seen from inside the control module, thus revealing parts normally hidden from the user U.
- the lever 3 is shown in transparency.
- the key T is represented on a vertical surface: the actuation axis A goes from bottom to top.
- FIG. 4 also provides for the installation of a stop system, limiting the rotational stroke of the lever 3.
- a stop system limiting the rotational stroke of the lever 3.
- two stops 91, 93 are arranged on the rotary path of a finger.
- stop 95 extending one end of one of the branches 3a, 3b, here the first 3a.
- the stops 91, 93 are in particular secured to a chassis, stationary relative to the body of keys 1 of the different keys Ti, T 2 ... TN.
- the stops 91, 93 can be produced in the form of a frame shoulder on which a thin layer (approximately 0.5 mm) of rubber is bonded or deposited. This gives a straightforward stop while avoiding vibrations and therefore noises detrimental to the perceived quality of the interface.
- the branches 3a, 3b of the lever 3 are aligned with the tilting axis B.
- the two arms l la, l lb are in abutment against the branches 3a, 3b, one at the top left and the other at the bottom right in the rear view (right on the first line).
- Particular embodiments are obtained by spacing the arms 1a, 1b of the lever 3 along the actuation axis A with a sufficiently small gap so that they each meet a branch 3a, 3b, and cause it to rotate. when tilting the key body 1.
- the stop finger 95 In the neutral position, the stop finger 95 is in abutment against the upper stop 91, which precisely materializes and stabilizes said neutral position by cooperating with the elastic means 7 which press the stop finger 95 against the upper stop 91.
- the user exerts an upward pressure (arrow under the key body 1).
- the front portion 1a of the key body 1 swings up, the rear portion 1b swings down by rotation of the key body 1 about the tilt axis B.
- the first arm 1a at the top left in the rear view then drives the lever 3 in clockwise rotation for the chosen representation (arrow above said arm 11).
- the first branch 3a located under the first arm 1a is then pressed by said arm 1a against the electrical switch 5, which is then actuated, for example by driving in or compression of a blistering body.
- the user exerts a downward pressure (arrow above the key body 1).
- the front portion 1a of the key body tilts down, the rear portion 1b tilts up.
- the second arm 1 lb at the bottom right on the rear view then causes the lever 3 to rotate clockwise for the chosen representation (arrow below said arm 1 lb) by exerting a torque relative to the pivot axis P.
- the first branch 3a located opposite the second arm 11b is then pressed by the action of said second arm 1b against the electrical switch 5, which is then actuated.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 Other embodiments directly deduced from the one described can be obtained by symmetry and 180 ° rotation of the configuration of FIG. 4.
- the arrangement of the arms 11 is different, the difference corresponding to a plane symmetry: the arms 11 are, considering the actuation axis A vertical and the tilting axis B horizontal, at the top left and at the bottom right in FIG. 3, and at the top right and bottom left in Figure 4.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment in which a surface of the front portion 1a of the key body 1 is backlit by means of light guides.
- the key body 1 comprises a key body light guide 15, and the lever 3 comprises a lever light guide 35.
- These light guides 15, 35 are in particular made of transparent plastic material and d 'high index, for example polycarbonate. They can in particular be colored, or else be transparent over the entire visible spectrum, any coloration then coming by choice of the light source.
- the key body light guide 15 has an output diopter
- SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) corresponding to the portion of the body before it should appear lit, for practical or simply aesthetic reasons. For example, it can be a center line to locate the T key in the dark, or a symbol to both locate and distinguish the T key in the dark.
- the key body light guide 15 is contained in the key body 1, and has an input diopter located on the rear face of said key body 1, in particular between the arms 11.
- the body light guide of key 15 is in the form of a right cylinder with a tetrahedral or trapezoidal generator.
- the lever light guide 35 present is contained in a hole in the center of the lever 3, in particular in the center of the cylindrical pivot 33 and passes through it along the pivot axis P.
- the lever light guide 35 has a diopter input on the rear face of said cylindrical pivot 33, in front of which a diode or other light source is placed in the assembled state of the control module 100.
- the lever light guide 35 On the front face of the cylindrical pivot 33, the lever light guide 35 has an output diopter, facing the input diopter of the key body light guide 15.
- the path of a light ray is shown in Figure 5 in the form of arrows.
- the ray first enters the lever light guide 35 through its input diopter, and exits therefrom through its output diopter.
- the light ray is then picked up by the input diopter of the key body light guide 15, and is guided by the latter to its output diopter, where it is emitted towards the passenger compartment of the vehicle bound for user U.
- the tubular pivot 33 has a diameter greater than the transverse dimensions of the branches 3a, 3b of the lever 3, in particular their thickness along the actuation axis AT.
- the entire lever 3 can be made of transparent plastic so as to form a light guide.
- the input diopter of the lever light guide 35 can also be in the form of a lens for shaping the collected light beam.
- FIGS 6a and 6b illustrate an alternative arrangement of elastic means
- the elastic means 7 comprise a spring in compression in power take-off with one of the branches 3a, 3b of the lever 3, here the second 3b.
- the compression spring is connected to the face of the second branch 3a diagonally opposite the electrical switch 5, at a zone in which none of the arms 11a, 1b of the key body 1 comes in support.
- the elastic return means 7 comprise a torsion spring engaged with a central portion of the lever 3, in particular the cylindrical pivot 33, in which it can be integrated.
- the springs can in particular be helical springs, or else leaf springs, in PTO with a static element, for example the chassis of the control module 100.
- FIG. 6b also includes an electrical switch 5 in the form of an optical sensor: it comprises a light emitter generating a light beam on the rotational travel of the first branch 3a, and a photodiode, the emitter and the photodiode being arranged on either side of the first branch 3 a parallel to the pivot axis P, the control signal is then a voltage drop across the photodiode when the lever 3 interrupts the beam.
- the optical sensor as a whole is thus in the plane parallel to the pivoting axes P and actuation A which contains the first and the second branch 3 a, 3b.
- the electrical switch 5 may include an electromagnetic sensor, and the lever 3 may include a target.
- the electromagnetic sensor can be a Hall effect sensor, and the first branch 3 a then comprises a magnet.
- the T key for interface module thus allows more possibilities of arrangements of the elastic means and of the end-of-travel stops, by making it possible to arrange them at the level of the lever 3 which is not present in conventional T key architectures.
- Figures 7a and 7b are schematic representations in rear view of the key body 1 and the lever 3 of two particularly compact embodiments in the direction of the actuation axis A of the key T.
- the key T is in the neutral position, and the two arms 11a, 1b are aligned with the tilt axis B.
- the lever 3 is rectilinear (branches 3a, 3b rectilinear and aligned), and inclined relative to the pivot axis B.
- the lever 3 has two branches 3a, 3b curved giving it an "S" shape in the plane of Figure 7b.
- the free ends of the branches 3a, 3b are aligned with the tilting axis B and the branches 3a, 3b are refined in the direction of their free ends.
- the branches 3a, 3b because of their deformability can thus form a means for generating the haptic feedback by controlled deformation against an end of travel stop 91, 93 in the extreme positions and / or in the neutral position.
- the thickness of the key body 1 along the actuation axis A can then be reduced to the thickness of the arms 11a, 1 lb along this axis A.
- the key T can therefore be extremely compact.
- the button T can thus be similar, for an external user U, to rocker buttons Ti, T 2 ... T N having two electrical switches each actuated by the tilting of the button body 1 according to one of the pressure directions opposed.
- the control module can then include one or more keys with two conventional electrical switches 5, and one or more rocker keys T according to the invention in the same alignment of keys 101.
- the invention makes it possible to link two-state functions to T keys indistinguishable from conventional toggle keys Ti, T2 ... T N for three-state functions (rest, up, down for example) without incorporating a second electrical switch 5.
- SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) largely offset by the savings of an additional electrical switch 5.
- an electrical connection is saved, which makes it possible to reduce the dimensions of the printed circuits required, and the power of the downstream logic elements such as the processors and integrated circuits.
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