Man/machine interface device for controlling e.g. functional system, of motor vehicle, has support including insert meshed and realized in material different from that of layer and allowing better transmission of mechanical waves to layer

摘要

The device (8) has a detection and localization unit (14) to detect and locate impacts generated on a support (10) by detection of mechanical waves propagating in the support due to the impacts. The support comprises a flexible intermediate layer (18) and an rigid insert (22) in contact with the layer, where the insert is meshed and realized in a material different from that of the layer and allows better transmission of the waves to the layer. The insert has a region disposed at an interface between a skin (20) and the layer against active zones (12) on the support.