METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INPUT DEVICE, AND INPUT DEVICE

Abstract

A method for operating an input device and an input device having an input element of the input device that is manually actuated for carrying out an input. A movability of the input element can be selectively delayed, stopped, blocked and enabled by means of a controllable magneto-rheological braking device. The mobility of the input element is adjusted in a targeted manner as a function of at least one input condition stored in the computer device. The input condition can have a movement parameter of the movement of the input element, which in turn comprises at least the direction, the speed and/or the acceleration of a movement.

Claims

1-35. (canceled)

36. A method for operating an input device, the method comprising: providing at least one input element of the input device that is at least partially manually operable for performing an input; selectively delaying, stopping, and enabling at least a mobility of the input element by at least one controllable magnetorheological braking device; and adjusting the mobility of the input element in a targeted manner at least depending on at least one input condition, wherein the input condition has at least one movement parameter.

37. The method according to claim 36, wherein the movement parameter includes at least one of a speed or at least one direction or an acceleration of a movement of the input element.

38. The method according to claim 36, wherein the input element has at least two degrees of freedom, and the at least one input element of the input device is at least partially manually operated for performing an input; and blocking at least one mobility of the input element along a first degree of freedom in a targeted manner by means of the at least one controllable magnetorheological braking device, while the input element is operated for input along the second degree of freedom and/or after the input element has been operated for input along the second degree of freedom.

39. The method according to claim 38, further comprising blocking a swiveling movement along the first degree of freedom by a linear movement along the second degree of freedom.

40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the linear movement takes place transversely to the axis of rotation of the swiveling movement.

41. The method according to claim 36, wherein at least one input element of the input device is at least partially manually operated for performing an input; selectively delaying, stopping, and enabling at least one mobility of the input element by at least one controllable magnetorheological braking device; and at least one of predetermining or influencing the mobility of the input element at least depending on a profile, which comprises at least two or more at least partially dependent input conditions, which are at least partially predetermined by a user.

42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the profile is in particular individually adaptable by a user interface of a computer device.

43. The method according to claim 41, wherein the profile is adapted based on environmental information or user information.

44. The method according to claim 36, further comprising generating, within a range of movement of the input element, a rasterization with stop points by the braking device depending on at least one movement parameter, which affects the mobility and a movement of the input element.

45. The method according to claim 44, wherein the rasterization is generated depending on the range of movement.

46. The method according to claim 44, wherein a distance within the rasterization between at least two adjacent stop points of the rasterization is at least partially altered depending on the movement parameter of the movement of the input element.

47. The method according to claim 44, wherein at least one stop point is at least one of skipped or omitted depending on the movement parameter of the movement of the input element.

48. The method according to claim 44, wherein the rasterization has between 2 and 200 stop points.

49. The method according to claim 36, wherein the input element is used for scrolling, and the mobility of the input element changes depending on the scrolling and in particular depending on the scrolling direction.

50. The method according to claim 36, further comprising adjusting the mobility of the input element depending on an activity of a program running in the background and/or depending on an operating state of an operating system of a computer device.

51. The method according to claim 36, further comprising adjusting the mobility of the input element depending on a zoom operation and wherein zooming in along a direction of movement is carried out with a delay and zooming out in an opposite direction of movement is carried out with a different delay than for zooming out.

52. The method according to claim 36, wherein in the case of an input in at least one input menu with inactive and active input fields, adjusting the mobility of the input element depending on whether the input field is inactive or active.

53. The method according to claim 36, further comprising altering the mobility of the input element to provide haptic confirmation of a previously performed input.

54. The method according to claim 36, wherein in the case of at least one of an incorrect or implausible or critical input, delaying or blocking the mobility of the input element.

55. The method according to claim 36, further comprising delaying or stopping, after an input, the mobility of the input element until at least one further user input has been carried out.

56. The method according to claim 36, wherein: the input device is used for gaming, and the mobility of the input element is adjusted depending on a scenario generated by means of the computer device; and the mobility of the input element is increasingly delayed relative to a higher is a fictitious force to be used in a scenario of a game and/or the more difficult an action is to be performed fictitiously in the scenario of the game.

57. The method according to claim 36, wherein the mobility can be adjusted by a user input.

58. The method according to claim 36, wherein: the input element has at least one input wheel; the input is carried out at least by turning the input wheel; and the rotation of the input wheel can be selectively delayed and stopped and enabled by means of the braking device.

59. The method according to claim 58, wherein the rotation of the input wheel can be adjusted from freely rotatable to fully blocked for the manually generated operating force occurring at the input device.

60. The method according to claim 58, wherein the rotatability of the input wheel can be switched between freely rotatable and blocked with a frequency of at least 10 Hz.

61. The method according to claim 44, wherein the number of stop points is adjusted depending on a number of input options provided.

62. The method according to claim 36, wherein voltage and current for operating the magnetorheological braking device are generated by a random generator so that a vibration jumps rapidly between different strengths.

63. The method according to claim 36, further comprising adjusting the input condition dynamically depending on the input, so that the mobility of the input element is also adjusted by the input made according to the principle of a feedback.

64. An input device for carrying out the method according to claim 36.

Description

[0146] In the figures:

[0147] FIGS. 1a-1f show purely schematic three-dimensional views of input devices according to the invention;

[0148] FIG. 2 shows a purely schematic representation of a braking device in a sectional side view;

[0149] FIGS. 3a,b show a purely schematic representation and a plan view of a braking device for a mouse wheel as an input element of a computer mouse according to the invention as an input device;

[0150] FIG. 4 shows a purely schematic representation of a haptic mode with a rasterization of the range of movement by the magnetorheological braking device and direction-dependent idling;

[0151] FIG. 5 shows a purely schematic representation of a further haptic mode with a blocked position of the mobility of the input element by the magnetorheological braking device in the event of an input by pressing the input element;

[0152] FIG. 6 shows a purely schematic representation of a haptic mode of a speed-dependent rasterization within the range of movement of the input element by the magnetorheological braking device;

[0153] FIG. 7 shows a purely schematic representation of a haptic mode with a rasterization within the range of movement of the input element, in which individual rasterization points are skipped;

[0154] FIGS. 9,8 show a purely schematic representation of a haptic mode of a high-frequency warning signal and a random current curve to control the mobility of the input element;

[0155] FIG. 10 shows a purely schematic representation of a user interface with a profile for controlling the mobility of an input element of an input device, which contains a plurality of variable input conditions; and

[0156] FIG. 11 shows a purely schematic representation of a haptic mode for simulation of a toggle switch.

[0157] In FIGS. 1a to 1f input devices 800 according to the invention are shown, which are equipped with magnetorheological braking devices 1 and are operated according to the method according to the invention. The input devices 800 here have input elements 802 in the form of input wheels 803.

[0158] FIG. 1a shows an input device 800 in the form of a control button 806. FIG. 1b shows an input device 800 in the form of a thumb roller 807. FIGS. 1e and 1d show a computer mouse input device 800 in the form of a computer mouse 801. The input wheel 803 is in the of a mouse wheel 804 here. FIG. 1e shows an input device 800 in the form of a joystick 805. FIG. 1f shows an input device 800 in the form of a gamepad 808. In FIG. 1e, a linear movement 826 and a swivel movement 827 are additionally indicated.

[0159] In FIG. 2, a braking device 1 of an input device according to the invention 800 with a rotary body 3 as input element 802 for setting inputs is shown. The operation is carried out here at least by turning the rotary body 3.

[0160] The rotary body 3 is rotatable by means of a bearing device 22, which is not shown here in detail, on an axle unit 2. The rotary body 3 can also be rotatably mounted on an axle unit 2 by means of a wedge bearing device 6 in the form of roller bearing here. However, the wedge bearing device 6 is preferably not or is only partially provided for support of the rotary body 3 on the axle unit, but is used for the braking device 4 presented below. Here, the roller bodies serve as brake bodies 44.

[0161] The axle unit 2 can be mounted on an object to be operated and, for example, in an interior of a motor vehicle or on a medical device or smart device. For this purpose, the axle unit 2 may have assembly means not shown in more detail here.

[0162] It may be provided here or in the following embodiments that the rotary body 3 is also movable on the axle unit 2 in the longitudinal direction or along the axis of rotation. Then an operation takes place both by turning and pushing and/or pulling or moving the rotary knob 3.

[0163] The rotary body 3 is sleeve-like here and comprises a cylindrical wall and an end face connected in one piece. The axle unit 2 protrudes from an open front side of the rotary body 3.

[0164] The finger roller 23 may be fitted with an additional part 33 indicated here in dashed form. This achieves a diameter increase, so that the rotatability is facilitated, for example with a finger-rotatable wheel of a computer mouse or game controller or a rotary wheel in the case of a computer keyboard thumb roller.

[0165] The rotary movement of the rotary knob 3 is damped here by a magnetorheological braking device 4 arranged in an accommodating space 13 inside the rotary knob 3. The braking device 4 generates a magnetic field with a coil unit 24, which acts on a magnetorheological medium 34 located in the accommodating space 13. This leads to local and strong crosslinking of magnetically polarizable particles in the medium 34. The braking device 4 thereby allows a targeted delaying and even complete blocking of the rotary movement. Thus, with the braking device 4, haptic feedback can be carried out during the rotary movement of the rotary body 3, for example by a correspondingly perceptible rasterization or by dynamically adjustable stops.

[0166] The medium here is a magnetorheological fluid, which includes an oil as a carrier fluid, for example, in which there are ferromagnetic particles 19. Glycol, grease, silicone, water, wax and viscous or low viscosity particles may also be used as a carrier medium without being limited to this. The carrier medium may also be gaseous and/or a gas mixture (for example air or ambient air) or the carrier medium can be dispensed with (vacuum, nitrogen, or air and for example ambient air). In this case, only particles (for example carbonyl iron) that can be influenced by the magnetic field are introduced into the accommodating space or the working gap. Mixing with other particles—preferably with lubricating properties—such as graphite, molybdenum, plastic particles, polymeric materials is possible. It may also be a combination of the mentioned materials (for example carbonyl iron powder mixed with graphite and air as the carrier medium). As a carbonyl iron powder without a (liquid) carrier medium, for example, the powder called CIP ER by the company BASF can be used with a minimum proportion of iron of 97%, without a coating and an average size of the particles of 5.1 μm, or CIP SQ-R from BASF with at least 98.5% iron content, 4.5 μm average size and an SiO2 coating. The different powders differ in the size distribution of the particles, in the coating, in the particle shape, etc.

[0167] The ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic particles 19 are preferably carbonyl iron powders having spherical microparticles, wherein the size distribution and shape of the particles depends on the specific application. Specifically, a distribution of the particle sizes between one and twenty micrometers is preferred, but also smaller (<1 micrometer) to very small (a few nanometers, typically 5 to 10 nanometers) or larger particles of twenty, thirty, forty and fifty micrometers are possible. Depending on the application, the particle size can also become significantly larger and even penetrate into the millimeter range (particle balls). The particles can also have a special coating/jacket (titanium coating, ceramic, carbon jacket, polymer coating, etc.) so that they can better withstand or stabilize the high pressure loads occurring depending on the application. The particles can also have a coating against corrosion or electrical conduction. For this application, the magnetorheological particles can be made not only of carbonyl iron powder (pure iron; iron pentacarbonyl), but also, for example, of special iron (harder steel) or other special materials (magnetite, cobalt . . . ) or a combination thereof. Superparamagnetic particles with low hysteresis are also possible and advantageous.

[0168] For supplying and actuating the coil unit 24, the braking device 4 here comprises an electrical connection 14, which is formed, for example, in the manner of a circuit board or print or as a cable line. The connecting cable 11 extends here through a bore 12 running in the longitudinal direction of the axle unit 2.

[0169] The accommodating space 13 is externally sealed here with a sealing device 7 and a sealing unit 17 to prevent leakage of the medium 34. In this case, the sealing device 7 closes the open front side of the rotary body 3. For this purpose, a first sealing part 27 is in contact with the inside of the rotary body 3. A second sealing part 37 is in contact with the axle unit 3. The sealing parts 27, 37 are attached here to a supporting structure in the form of a wall 8.

[0170] The sealing unit 17 is in the form of an O-ring here and surrounds the axle unit 3 radially. The sealing unit 17 is in contact with the axle unit 2 and the rotary body 3. As a result, the part of the accommodating space 13 filled with the medium 34 is sealed against another part of the accommodating space 13.

[0171] In order to monitor the rotation position of the rotary body and to be able to use it to actuate the braking device 4, a sensor device 5 is provided here. The sensor device 5 comprises a magnetic ring unit 15 and a magnetic field sensor 25.

[0172] The magnetic ring unit 15 is diametrically polarized here and has a north pole and a south pole. The magnetic field sensor 25 in the form of a Hall sensor here measures the magnetic field emanating from the magnetic ring unit 15 and thus allows reliable determination of the rotation angle.

[0173] In addition, the magnetic field sensor 25 is preferably three-dimensional here, so that in addition to rotation, an axial displacement of the rotary body 3 relative to the axle unit 2 can be measured. This allows both a rotation and a push button function, or the push/pull 816 to be measured simultaneously with the same sensor 25. The braking device 1 may also be equipped with, for example but also only, with a rotation function and/or a push function.

[0174] The sensor device 5 is particularly advantageously integrated into the braking device 1. For this purpose, the sensor 25 is inserted into the bore 12 of the axle unit 2 here. The magnetic ring unit 15 surrounds the sensor 25 radially and is attached to the rotary body 3. This has the advantage that not length tolerances, but only precisely produced diameter tolerances come into play. The radial bearing clearances between the rotating rotary body 3 and the stationary axle unit 2 are correspondingly small and can also be easily controlled in series production.

[0175] Another advantage is that axial movements or displacements between the rotary body 3 and the axle unit 2 do not adversely affect the sensor signal since measurements are taken in the radial direction and the radial distance is essentially decisive for the quality of the measurement signal.

[0176] Another advantage is that the arrangement shown here is particularly insensitive to contamination and liquids since the sensor is arranged internally. In addition, the sensor in the bore 12 can be overmoulded, for example, with a plastic.

[0177] The braking device 1 is fitted with a shielding device 9 for shielding the sensor device 5 against the magnetic field of the coil unit 24 of the braking device 4. The braking device shown here differs from the previously described braking devices 1 besides by the shielding device 9 in particular also by the embodiment of the rotary body 3 and the additional part 33. The braking device shown here is, for example, a mouse wheel 804 of a computer mouse 801.

[0178] The rotary body 3 is in the form of a cylindrical sleeve here, and is completely surrounded on its outer side by the additional part 33. In this case, the additional part 33 closes the rotary body on that radial front side which faces away from the magnetic ring unit 15.

[0179] The additional part 33 has a radial elevation with a considerably larger diameter. As a result, the braking device 1 shown here is particularly well suited as a mouse wheel 804 of a computer mouse 801 or the like. The elevation here is designed with a groove, in which a particularly grippy material and rubber, for example, is embedded.

[0180] The braking device 1 shown here has two spaced apart wedge bearing devices 6. The wedge bearing devices 6 are each fitted with several brake bodies 44 arranged radially around the axle unit 2. The coil unit 24 is arranged between the wedge bearing devices 6. The brake bodies 44 are roller bodies here, for example, which roll on the inside of the rotary body 3 or the outside of the axle unit 2.

[0181] The magnetic ring unit 15 has a rotationally fixed coupling to the rotary body 3, so that the magnetic ring unit 15 is rotated when the rotary body 3 is rotated. The magnetic field sensor 25 is inserted into the bore 12 of the axle unit 2 here. The magnetic ring unit 15 surrounds the sensor 25 radially and is arranged axially at the end. The magnetic field sensor 25 is arranged with an axial offset to the axial center of the magnetic ring unit 15 here. This results in particularly high-resolution and reproducible sensing and in particular detection of the axial position of the rotary body relative to the axle unit 2.

[0182] The shielding device 9 comprises a shielding body 19 in the form here of a shielding ring 190. The shielding device 9 also comprises a separation unit 29, which is provided here by a gap 290 filled with a filling medium 291. In addition, the shielding device 9 comprises a magnetic decoupling device 39, which is provided here by a decoupling sleeve 390 and a decoupling gap 391.

[0183] The decoupling sleeve 190 comprises an axial wall 392 here on which the sealing device 7 is arranged. In addition, a bearing device 22 which is not shown in more detail here may be arranged on the axial wall 392.

[0184] The shielding body 19 is equipped with an L-shaped cross-section here and is made of a magnetically particularly conductive material. The shielding body 19 surrounds the magnetic ring unit 15 on its radial outside and on its axial side facing the coil unit 24. For magnetic decoupling, the gap 290 is arranged between the shielding body 19 and the magnetic ring unit 15 and is filled with a filling medium 291. The filling medium 291 has particularly low magnetic conductivity. In addition, the magnetic ring unit 15 is attached to the shielding body 19 by means of the filling medium 291.

[0185] Magnetic decoupling between the rotary body 3 and the shielding body 19 is achieved by the decoupling device 39. For this purpose, the decoupling sleeve 390 and a filling medium arranged in the decoupling gap 391 also have particularly low magnetic conductivity. The decoupling sleeve is rotationally fixedly connected to the shielding body 19 and the additional part 33 as well as the rotary body 3 here.

[0186] In order to be able to decouple the rotary body 3 even better from the sensor device 5, the rotary body 3 is arranged axially spaced apart from the decoupling sleeve 390 here. The end of the rotary body 3 which is facing the magnetic ring unit 15 does not protrude beyond the brake body 44. In addition, the rotary body 3 is axially offset or curtailed relative to the additional part 33. This results in a particularly advantageous magnetic and spatial separation of the rotary body 3 and the decoupling sleeve 390 in a very small installation space.

[0187] Since the magnetic field of the coil unit 24 for the braking effect flows over the rotary body 3, such an embodiment provides particularly good shielding. So that this magnetic flux affects the sensor 25 as little as possible, the rotary body 3 is terminated earlier in the axial direction and the magnetically non-conductive additional part 33 carries out the structural functions (bearing point, sealing points, etc.). The distance to the sensor 25 is thereby also larger and the assembly is lighter overall.

[0188] The rotary body 3 is made of a magnetically particularly conductive material. The additional part 33 and the decoupling sleeve 390, on the other hand, are made of a magnetically non-conductive material. For example, the shielding body 19 and the rotary body 3 are made of a p-metal. The components described here as magnetically non-conductive consist of plastic for example and have a relative magnetic permeability of less than 10.

[0189] The problematic fields, which can usually disturb the rotation angle measurement, are mainly the fields in the radial direction. These fields are shielded here with a shielding body 19 acting as a jacket made of suitable material, for example magnetically conductive steel. In addition, the magnetic field of the magnetic ring unit 15 can thus be strengthened. As a result, the magnetic ring unit 15 can be dimensioned smaller (thinner) and thus material, construction volume and manufacturing costs can be saved.

[0190] The construction is also improved according to the invention in that the wall thickness of the shielding body 19 is altered and a gap 290 is provided between the magnetic ring unit 15 and the shielding body 19. Due to the gap 290 between the ring 15 and the shielding body 19, the shielding and the reinforcement can be optimally adjusted. The material of the shielding body 19 is selected here so that it does not go into magnetic saturation, so that other magnetic fields are sufficiently shielded (a material in saturation allows magnetic fields to pass through in the same way as air, i.e. with the magnetic field constant μ0). With an advantageous design of the gap 290 between the ring 15 and the shielding body 19, the magnetic field does not close too strongly over the shielding body 19 and the field in the center of the sensor 25 is sufficiently homogeneous and is increased compared to a ring 15 the same or larger without a shielding body 19.

[0191] The dimensioning of the shielding device 9 shown here is particularly suitable for a mouse wheel 804 of a computer mouse 801 and has the following dimensions, for example. The shielding ring 190 is 0.5 mm thick, the distance between the shielding ring 190 and the ring 15 is also 0.5 mm, the width of the ring 15 is 2 mm and the diameter of the ring 15 is 8 mm. In this case, the possible interference field of the coil unit 24 is 140 μT, resulting in a possible error in the angle measurement of 0.1° (cf. geomagnetic field: approx. 48 μT in Europe).

[0192] In FIGS. 3a and 3b a further exemplary embodiment of an input device 800 according to the invention is shown. The input device 800 according to the invention shown here has a very small structural form and is particularly suitable for use in conjunction with a computer mouse 801.

[0193] FIG. 3a shows a perspective view here, while FIG. 3b shows a top view of the same exemplary embodiment. The input element 802 is in the form of an input wheel 803 here, on which the mouse wheel 804 is arranged. The input element 802 is in the form of a finger roller 23 here.

[0194] The axle unit 2 is externally mounted and supported on the rotary body 3 of the mouse wheel 804 by bearing devices 22 here. Thus, a particularly small structural form is possible here, which is mounted on the supporting body 46.

[0195] By means of the circuit board 35, the controllable magnetorheological braking device 1 is connected in particular to a computer device which is not shown. The mobility of the mouse wheel 804 is controlled and influenced by the magnetorheological braking device 1. At the same time, the mouse wheel 804 continues to serve as an input element 802 for the computer device. Depending on an input condition, the mobility of the input element 802 can be selectively delayed, stopped and enabled. The input condition itself may be deposited and stored here, in particular in the computer device or the input device 800 and/or the control element 802 itself. In this way, a user receives predefined and programmable haptic feedback via an input. In this case, an input of the user is detected by a sensor device 5, which can detect both a swiveling movement 827 and a linear movement 826. In addition, the sensor device 5 also detects the movement parameters, which include here the direction of rotation, the speed and the acceleration. A linear movement 826 of the mouse wheel 803 is produced here by depressing the mouse wheel 803.

[0196] In FIG. 4, a haptic mode of the method according to the invention is schematically shown here as an example for the input device 800, which is implemented as a mouse wheel 803. A haptic mode describes here a possible embodiment of the method for controlling the input element 802.

[0197] The reference characters assigned below to the individual features of the method refer to arrows and pictogram-like characters for visualization by way of example. This is intended to clarify the individual steps/features of the method for better understanding.

[0198] In the haptic mode shown here, the mouse wheel 804 operates directionally dependently 813 depending on the movement 809 in the range of movement 812. If the input element 802 implemented here as a mouse wheel 803 is rotated to the left, the braking device 1 generates a rotation-angle-dependent rasterization 810 with stop points 811, which the user perceives here as a surmountable resistance when turning. If the mouse wheel 803 is moved to the right, there is a freewheel 829 whereby the mouse wheel 803 is freely rotatable. This allows the user to receive direct feedback about the input.

[0199] Another haptic mode of the method is shown in FIG. 5. After a linear movement 826 of the mouse wheel 803 the mobility of the input element 802 is completely blocked by the magnetorheological braking device 1. This effectively avoids unintentional incorrect input by the user. The force in the stop point 811 is so great that a user cannot overcome it. The haptic mode is also known as pushing and blocking 816.

[0200] In FIG. 6, another haptic mode is shown. The rasterization 810 in the range of movement 812 is changed here speed-dependently 814 or acceleration-dependently 814. With a rapid rotation of the mouse wheel 803 by the user, a distance between two adjacent raster points 811 changes speed-dependently 814. For the movement 809 shown, the distance between the stop points 811 decreases with increasing speed, which the user perceives when turning.

[0201] In FIG. 7, a further embodiment of the method is shown as a haptic mode. The input element 802 is freely rotatable here, so that there is an infinite range of movement 812. In the present case, individual stop points 811 of the rasterization 810 are skipped 815 if there is a high acceleration of the input element 802.

[0202] The range of movement 812 of an input element 802 may be variable and in particular adjustable depending on the haptic mode. It is advantageous that adjusting the mobility and haptic feedback for the individual needs of a user or depending on a use or a program is possible.

[0203] In FIG. 8, another haptic mode of the method is shown. Here, the braking device is actuated with a current and/or voltage signal with a frequency 824 of 100 Hz. The sign of the frequency signal varies. This gives a user haptic feedback in the form of vibration 825. A proportion of the positive and negative current flow is distributed asymmetrically 823. This leads to a change and at the same time to an advantageous perception of vibration 825 by the user. Due to the high frequency, an audible tone 821 is generated by the braking device 1. This haptic mode is advantageously suitable for emitting an audible warning signal 822 to the user.

[0204] The haptic mode shown here in FIG. 9 is based on actuation of the braking device 1 with a random current signal 820. As a result, for example, the wear of a bearing or, for example, sand in a gearbox can be displayed here for a user.

[0205] In FIG. 10, a possible user interface 830 is shown, by which the individual haptic modes can be variably combined into a profile 819. The user interface 830 may have a plurality of setting levels 828. A user can adjust the actuation of the braking device 1 depending on the direction 813 and the speed 814 and acceleration 814. In addition, the input conditions for skipping 815 and pushing and blocking 816 can also be adjusted. Profiles can be stored individually 817. In addition, it is possible here to use preset profiles 818, for example of other users, in particular program-specifically.

[0206] FIG. 11 shows a haptic mode with which a mechanical toggle switch 831 can be simulated with respect to the haptics during operation. The input element 802 can only be turned over a small or predetermined range of movement 812 or angular range and simulates a toggle switch 831, such as was installed for example in old stereo systems.

[0207] In all embodiments, the input device can be supplemented by an acoustic or visual output. The acoustic output can also be generated by the braking device itself.

[0208] In all embodiments, the input device can also be expanded by sensors, which are connected directly or indirectly (WLAN, Bluetooth . . . ) to the user (pulse or heart rate monitor, blood pressure, stress level . . . ) and/or can detect the environment (image recognition, ultrasound, laser, LIDAR, microphone . . . ) and from the information obtained from it and analyzed (environmental information, user information) can change the haptics of the input device.

REFERENCE CHARACTER LIST

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TABLE-US-00001 1 braking device 390 decoupling sleeve 2 axle unit 391 decoupling gap 3 rotary body 392 axial wall 4 braking device 800 input device 5 sensor device 801 computer mouse 6 wedge bearing device 802 input element 7 sealing device 803 input wheel 8 wall 804 mouse wheel 9 shielding device 805 joystick 11 connecting line 806 operating knob 12 bore 807 thumb roller 13 accommodating chamber 808 gamepad 14 connection 809 movement 15 magnetic ring unit 810 rasterization 17 sealing body 811 stop point 19 shielding body 812 range of movement 21 core 813 direction dependent, direction dependency 22 bearing device 814 speed dependent, acceleration dependent 23 finger roller 815 skipping 24 coil unit 816 pushing and blocking 25 magnetic field sensor 817 individual 27 sealing part 818 default/external profile 29 separating unit 819 profile 33 auxiliary part 820 random current 34 medium 821 alert 35 printed circuit board 822 warning signal 37 sealing part 823 asymmetry 39 decoupling device 824 frequency 44 brake body 825 vibration 45 signal line 826 linear movement 46 supporting body 827 swiveling movement 50 console 828 adjustment levels 190 shield 829 idling, freely rotatable 290 gap 291 filling medium 830 user interface 831 toggle switches