Operation apparatus for on-vehicle device

• US 20080141129A1
• Filed: 12/11/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Oozawa, Yoshiki, Yokota, Toshikazu
• Application Number:
  US12/000,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20080141129A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures

Abstract

An operation apparatus for an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle includes a display device, a touch sensitive panel, a hard key, and a control device. The display device is configured to display a selection picture, in which a plurality of selection items are arranged. The touch sensitive panel is disposed on a screen of the display device. The control device is configured to scroll the plurality of selection items in the selection picture in accordance with a user operation. The control device scrolls the plurality of selection items in the selection picture by a first amount when the user operation is a touch operation by a user to the touch sensitive panel. The control device scrolls the plurality of selection items in the selection picture by a second amount when the user operation is a switch operation by the user to the hard key.

Claims

1. An operation apparatus for an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle, wherein the apparatus is used for performing various instructions and settings of the on-vehicle device, the apparatus comprising:

a display device that is configured to display a selection picture, in which a plurality of selection items are arranged;

a touch sensitive panel that is disposed on a screen of the display device, the touch sensitive panel enabling one of the plurality of selection items in the selection picture to be selected by a touch operation of a user;

a hard key that enables one of the plurality of selection items in the selection picture to be selected by a switch operation of the user; and

a control device that is configured to scroll the plurality of selection items in the selection picture in accordance with a user operation, wherein;

the control device scrolls the plurality of selection items in the selection picture by a first amount when the user operation is the touch operation by the user to the touch sensitive panel; and

the control device scrolls the plurality of selection items in the selection picture by a second amount when the user operation is the switch operation by the user to the hard key, the first amount being different from the second amount.

2. The operation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the selection picture has a page scroll icon for scrolling the plurality of selection items by one page when a number of the plurality of selection items exceeds a maximum number of selection items displayed in the screen of the display device;

when a portion in the touch sensitive panel that corresponds to the page scroll icon is touched, the plurality of selection items is scrolled by one page in the selection picture; and

when the hard key is operated, the plurality of selection items is scrolled by one item.

3. The operation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the hard key includes a rotatable controller that is rotatable by the user.

4. The operation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the hard key is provided in a vicinity of a driver seat and is configured to be remotely operated by a driver of the vehicle.

5. The operation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the operation apparatus serves as an apparatus for input operation to a navigation system.

6. The operation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

the selection picture serves as a list display picture that lists place names or facilities as the plurality of selection items.

7. The operation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

the selection picture serves as a map scale setting picture that displays a plurality of scale factors as the plurality of selection items, a road map being displayed in the display device by each of the plurality of scale factors.

8. The operation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the first amount corresponds to one page and the second amount corresponds to one item.

9. An operation apparatus for controlling a picture in a screen of a display device, the apparatus comprising:

a touch sensitive panel that is configured to output a first signal when the touch sensitive panel is touched;

a hard key that is configured to output a second signal when the hard key is operated; and

a control device that is configured to scroll the picture in the screen upon receiving one of the first and second signals, wherein;

the control device scrolls the picture by a first amount when the control device receives the first signal; and

the control device scrolls the picture by a second amount when the control device receives the second signal, the second amount being different from the first amount.

10. The operation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the picture includes a plurality of selection items; and

the second amount corresponds to a size of one of the plurality of selection items.

11. The operation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the first amount corresponds to one page, which is a maximum size that is displayed in the picture in the screen.

12. The operation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the hard key includes a rotatable controller that is rotatable by a user.

13. The operation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the second amount is smaller than the first amount.

14. The operation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the display device is used in a vehicle navigation system.