Patent ID: 9241574
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A47C,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A furniture control for installation into an electrically adjustable piece of seating furniture, with the furniture control comprising, a control housing that contains control components for an activation of motors of the piece of seating furniture, and that comprises a recess, into which an operating part can be inserted; the operating part that comprises a flat sensor module with a touch-sensitive surface and is designed for detecting a respective position-dependent touch actuation of the surface of the sensor module and for generating a respective actuation signal for the control components based on a detected touch actuation; and a sensor for detecting whether the operating part is inserted into the control housing, wherein the operating part is designed for generating a first number of different actuation signals for the control components when the operating part is inserted into the control housing and for generating a second number of different actuation signals for the control components when the operating part is not inserted into the control housing, and wherein the second number is greater than the first number.