Patent ID: 11954261
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  F | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A swipe gesture detection device for determining a swipe gesture performed on a moving surface element of a vehicle component, the swipe gesture detection device comprising:
a spring, wherein the spring applies a pre-tension between the moving surface element and a housing element of the vehicle component;
a distance sensor configured for measuring in a contactless manner, the distance sensor having at least three sensor elements arranged at different positions for registering a distance (d) between the surface element and the housing element at the positions of each of the sensor elements; and
an evaluation unit configured to determine the swipe gesture performed on the surface element based on a parameter of the spring and the distances (d) registered by the sensor elements between the surface element and the housing element.