Patent ID: 9606644
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G05G,G06F,G07C

Claim:
1. A manually operable input device to control software applications or machines, having a rotary control knob for inputting a movement pattern in the form of several consecutive rotational movements, wherein a sensor system is provided, which detects the movement direction as a first movement characteristic variable and the movement duration or the rotational speed as a second movement characteristic variable for a rotational movement executed on the rotary control knob, an evaluation unit which compares a movement pattern provided on the rotary control knob with various predefined rotational movement codes which each comprise at least two code values, wherein at least one of the code values is a link of a movement direction to a movement duration or a rotational speed; and the input device is configured in such a way that it generates an allocated control command when a movement pattern input by the user on the rotary control knob matches one of the predefined rotational movement codes.