OPERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND MOBILE OPERATOR CONTROL UNIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRONIC DOMESTIC APPLIANCE

摘要

An operator control apparatus (12) for an electronic appliance (10), in particular an electronic domestic appliance, has an operator control unit detection device (22) for detecting a mobile operator control unit (24) in the vicinity of the operator control apparatus (12) which has a communications interface (23) for a radio connection (28) to the mobile operator control unit (24), and a gesture detection device (20) for detecting a gesture (30) which is executed by the mobile operator control unit (24). A control device (14) of the operator control apparatus (12), which control device is connected to the operator control unit detection device (22) and the gesture detection device (20), controls the electronic appliance (10) depending on the gesture (30) of the mobile operator control unit (24), which gesture is detected by the gesture detection device (20), after the mobile operator control unit (24) has been detected in the vicinity of the operator control apparatus (12) by the operator control unit detection device (22).