Patent ID: 11893864
Assignee: DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method for operating an input device, wherein the input device has:
a plate-shaped user control area having one or more input areas;
an electromechanical transducer structure that features an electromechanically active material that is coupled to the user control area and that is configured to convert an external influence on the user control area into an electrical signal in the time domain;, wherein the method comprises:
capturing the electrical signal;
comparing the electrical signal with a plurality of time domain reference signals; and
ascertaining, by said comparing, an input area into which an input has been provided, wherein each time domain reference signal represents a reference input into a respectively associated input area of the one or more input areas.