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Vehicle-mounted input unit for centralized operation of various vehicle-mounted electronic devices with single manual manipulator

  • US 20020021282A1
  • Filed: 08/08/2001
  • Published: 02/21/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle-mounted input unit provided with a manual manipulator, position sensors for supplying position signals corresponding to the direction and quantity in which the manual manipulator is driven, actuators for providing an external force to the manual manipulator, and a control section for controlling the actuators, wherein the control section computes the movable range of the manual manipulator from its current position to an end of its possible motion according to changes in position signals supplied from the position sensors, and controls the output to the actuators according to the computed width of the movable range.

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