1. A temperature control device for a climate control loop comprising:
at least one handle piece, wherein the at least one handle piece is part of a gear knob and comprises:
at least one support with at least one fastening recess that at least partially accommodates at least one heating device or parts thereof; and
a cover layer at least partially covering the at least one support;
wherein the at least one fastening recess is one or more grooves for receiving and stabilizinstabilizing the at least one heating device or parts thereof, in the at least one handle piece;
wherein the at least one heating device includes a temperature control strand that is inlaid close a surface of the at least one fastening recess;
wherein the at least one fastening recess is an at least partially open groove and the temperature control strand has a diameter smaller than a depth of the one or more fastening recesses so a distance remains between the temperature control strand and a surface of the at least one handle piece to prevent local overheating; and
wherein the at least one heating device has at least one heating resistor having an arrangement at least in parts that is in mirror symmetry with respect to a plane.
2. The temperature control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one fastening recess is an at least partially open groove and comprises:
a. an even depth along its entire length,
b. an at least partial incline on one or several of its sides,
c. a shape that is at least partially longer at its top edge than its bottom edge, or
d. a combination thereof.
3. The temperature control device according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the heating device is inserted into a support made of a first material, and at least part of the heating device is later covered by the cover layer of a second material and is free of adhesive at an interface layer formed in this way.
4. An air conditioning device comprising: at least one temperature control device according to claim 1.
5. A handle piece comprising: at least one temperature control device according to claim 1.
6. The handle piece according to claim 5, wherein the at least one handle piece comprises at least two heating areas arranged on the handle piece, wherein the heating areas are free of electrical connection or are in electrical contact at single points only.
7. A vehicle comprising at least one handle piece according o claim 6.
8. The temperature control device according to 1, wherein the temperature control device includes at least one sensor.
9. The temperature control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one support is at least partially curved toward an area to be temperature controlled to allow at least part of the at least one heating device to be fastened without adhesive fasteners at least in convex sections of the at least one handle piece.
10. A temperature control device comprising:
a. a climate control loop including:
i. at least one handle piece, wherein the at least one handle piece is part of a gear knob, comprising:
1. at least one support having at least one fastening recess that at least partially accommodates at least one heating device;
2. a cover layer at least partially covering the at least one support;
wherein the at least one fastening recess is one or more at least partially open grooves for lowering the at least one heating device or parts thereof, into the at least one handle piece;
wherein the at least one heating device or parts thereof has a diameter smaller than a depth of the at least one fastening recesses so a distance remains between the at least one heating device or parts thereof, and a surface of the climate control loop to prevent local overheating;
wherein the at least one heating device includes at least two heating areas arranged on the at least one handle piece, the at least two heating areas being free of an electrical connection or are in electrical contact at a single point;
and
wherein the at least one support has at least partially a higher meting, softening andor decomposition temperature than the cover layer.
11. The, temperature control device of claim 10, wherein the temperature control device includes a heating device, a coding device, Peltier elements, heat conducting pipes, an air circulation device, or a combination thereof.
12. The temperature control device of claim 10, wherein the at least one fastening recesses are arranged in mirror symmetry.
13. The temperature control device of claim 12, wherein at least part of the heating device is fastened without adhesive fasteners at least in convex sections of the handle piece.
14. The temperature control device of claim 10, wherein the at least one heating device includes at least one temperature control strands.
15. The temperature control device of claim 14, wherein the at least one temperature control strands are meandering without encompassing the handle piece by 360 degrees or more.
16. The temperature control device of claim 14, wherein the at least one temperature control strands comprise at least one turn.
17. The temperature control device of claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the at least one temperature control strands are fastened without adhesives, sewing, seams, or a combination thereof.
18. A temperature control device comprising;
a. a climate control loop including:
i. at least one handle piece, wherein the at least one handle piece is part of a gear knob, comprising:
1. at least one support having at least one fastening recess that at least partially accommodates at least one heating device-or parts thereof,
wherein the at least one fastening recess is one or more grooves for lowering the at least one heating device or parts thereof, into the at least one handle piece:
wherein the at least one fastening recess at least partially has a shape that is longer at its top edge than at its bottom edge;
wherein at least part of the at least one heating device is fastened without adhesive fasteners at least in convex sections of the at least one handle piece;
wherein the at least one heating device includes at least two heating areas arranged on the at least one handle piece, the at least two heating areas being free of an electrical connection or are in electrical contact at a single point; and
2. a temperature control strand that is inlaid close to a surface of the at least one fastening recess;
wherein the temperature control strand has a diameter smaller than a depth of the one or more fastening recesses so a distance remains between the temperature control strand and a surface of the climate control loop to prevent local overheating.
19. The temperature control device according to claim 18, wherein the at least one fastening recess is arranged in mirror symmetry.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a display unit;
a memory unit configured to store relation information to relate selectable items to be selected by a user in a layered tree structure; and
a display control unit configured to perform a first step and a second step;
wherein the first step causes the display unit to display a first window in which selectable items in a layer is displayed so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items; and
the second step is performed if one of the selectable items is selected in the first window;
wherein the second step causes the display unit to display a second window in which selectable items are displayed so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the second window while the selectable items are displayed in the first window so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the first window also; the selectable items displayed in the second window are related with the selected selectable item in the first window and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the selected selectable item in the first window by one layer in the relation information;
wherein the display control unit is further configured to perform a third step if one of the selectable items is selected in the second window; the third step causing the display unit to display a third window in which selectable items are displayed so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the third window while the selectable items are displayed in the first and second windows so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the first window and the second window also;
the selectable items displayed in the third window are related with the selected selectable item in the second window and is located in a layer lower than the layer of the selected selectable item in the second window by one layer in the relation information;
the display control unit is further configured to perform a fourth step changing and displaying the selectable items displayed in the third window after changing and displaying the selectable items displayed in the second window, if one of the selectable items is newly selected in the first window while the first window, the second window and the third window are displayed; and
the fourth step (a) changes the selectable items displayed in the second window to selectable items that are related with the newly selected selectable item in the first window and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the newly selected selectable item in the first window by one layer in the relation information, and (b) changes the selectable items displayed in the third window to selectable items that are related with a predetermined one of the selectable items displayed in the second window and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the predetermined selectable item in the second window by one layer in the relation information.
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the display control unit is further configured to perform a fifth step changing and displaying the selectable items displayed in the second window, if one of the plural selectable items is newly selected in the first window while the first window and the second window are displayed; and
the fifth step changes the selectable items displayed in the second window to selectable items that are related with the newly selected selectable item and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the newly selected selectable item by one layer in the relation information.
3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
an operation receiving unit configured to receive a gesture operation based on a trace of a position touched by a user on the display unit;
wherein the display control unit is further configured to cause the display unit to display a line image from a first starting position to a first end position, and the first starting position is in a display area of the selected selectable item in the first window, and the first end position is on an outer edge of the second window; and
the display control unit is further configured to identify as the newly selected item a selectable item displayed at an end position of a swipe operation started from the first starting position and perform the third step if the operation receiving unit receives the swipe operation.
4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the display control unit is further configured to perform a sixth step changing and displaying the selectable items displayed in the third window, if one of the selectable items is newly selected in the second window while the first window, the second window and the third window are displayed; and
the sixth step changes the selectable items displayed in the third window to selectable items that are related with the newly selected selectable item and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the newly selected selectable item by one layer in the relation information.
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:
an operation receiving unit configured to receive a gesture operation based on a trace of a position touched by a user on the display unit;
wherein the display control unit is further configured to cause the display unit to display a line image from a second starting position to a second end position, and the second starting position is in a display area of the selected selectable item in the second window, and the second end position is on an outer edge of the third window; and
the display control unit is further configured to identify as the newly selected item a selectable item displayed at an end position of a swipe operation started from the second starting position and perform the fifth step if the operation receiving unit receives the swipe operation.
6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the display control unit is further configured to cause the display unit to display a line image from a first starting position to a first end position; and the first starting position is in a display area of the selected selectable item in the first window, and the first end position is on an outer edge of the second window.
7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the display control unit is further configured to cause the display unit to display a line image from a second starting position to a second end position; and the second starting position is in a display area of the selected selectable item in the second window, and the second end position is on an outer edge of the third window.
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an operation receiving unit configured to receive a gesture operation based on a trace of a position touched by the user on the display unit;
wherein the display control unit is further configured to cause the display unit to display a line image from a first starting position to a first end position, and the first starting position is in a display area of the selected selectable item in the first window, and the first end position is on an outer edge of the second window; and
the display control unit is further configured to identify as the newly selected item a selectable item displayed at an end position of a swipe operation started from the first starting position and perform the sixth step if the operation receiving unit receives the swipe operation.
9. An image forming system, comprising:
an electronic apparatus; and
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a paper sheet;
wherein the electronic apparatus comprises:
a display unit;
a memory unit configure to store relation information to relate selectable items to be selected by a user in a layered tree structure; and
a display control unit configured to perform a first step and a second step;
wherein the first step causes the display unit to display a first window in which selectable items in a layer is displayed so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items; and
the second step is performed if one of the selectable items is selected in the first window;
wherein the second step causes the display unit to display a second window in which selectable items are displayed so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the second window while the selectable items are displayed in the first window so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the first window also; the selectable items displayed in the second window are related with the selected selectable item in the first window and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the selected selectable item in the first window by one layer in the relation information;
the selectable items in the first window include an item to be selected by the user to cause the image forming unit to form an image on a sheet;
wherein the display control unit is further configured to perform a third step if one of the selectable items is selected in the second window; the third step causing the display unit to display a third window in which selectable items are displayed so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the third window while the selectable items are displayed in the first and second windows so as to enable the user to select one of the selectable items in the first window and the second window also;
the selectable items displayed in the third window are related with the selected selectable item in the second window and is located in a layer lower than the layer of the selected selectable item in the second window by one layer in the relation information;
the display control unit is further configured to perform a fourth step changing and displaying the selectable items displayed in the third window after changing and displaying the selectable items displayed in the second window, if one of the selectable items is newly selected in the first window while the first window, the second window and the third window are displayed; and
the fourth step (a) changes the selectable items displayed in the second window to selectable items that are related with the newly selected selectable item in the first window and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the newly selected selectable item in the first window by one layer in the relation information, and (b) changes the selectable items displayed in the third window to selectable items that are related with a predetermined one of the selectable items displayed in the second window and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the predetermined selectable item in the second window by one layer in the relation information.