INPUT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. An input apparatus for a vehicle, being used for an operation input of a vehicular electronic device, the input apparatus comprising:
- an operation input device for performing a position indication operation on a two-dimensional surface having a predetermined operation range wherein an operation axis is maintained at a neutral angle position when not in operation and wherein the operation input device is operated, against an reaction force that returns the operation axis to the neutral angle position, to tilt the operation axis in a direction of a position to be indicated when in operation;
reaction force applying means for applying the reaction force in response to a position indication operation performed to the operation input device;
selectable area setting means for setting selectable areas for the position input in the operation range on the two-dimensional operation surface; and
reaction force control means for setting, as a control mode for the reaction force, a guide input mode in which the reaction force is controlled to guide the position indication operation toward the selectable areas by the operation input device along unique paths defined on the selectable areas on the two-dimensional surface.
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Abstract
An input apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus being used for operation input to various vehicular electronic devices, sets position input permission areas on a two-dimensional operation surface of an operation input device discretely by control of a main controller. In control modes of a reaction force, a guide input mode where position indication operations to the areas on the operation surface by the operation input device are guided along unique paths defined in the respective area and an arbitrary mode where the position indication operations are not guided but performed freely can be changed. The guide input mode is set at least during a vehicle travel.
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44 Claims
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1. An input apparatus for a vehicle, being used for an operation input of a vehicular electronic device, the input apparatus comprising:
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an operation input device for performing a position indication operation on a two-dimensional surface having a predetermined operation range wherein an operation axis is maintained at a neutral angle position when not in operation and wherein the operation input device is operated, against an reaction force that returns the operation axis to the neutral angle position, to tilt the operation axis in a direction of a position to be indicated when in operation; reaction force applying means for applying the reaction force in response to a position indication operation performed to the operation input device; selectable area setting means for setting selectable areas for the position input in the operation range on the two-dimensional operation surface; and reaction force control means for setting, as a control mode for the reaction force, a guide input mode in which the reaction force is controlled to guide the position indication operation toward the selectable areas by the operation input device along unique paths defined on the selectable areas on the two-dimensional surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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13. The input apparatus of claim 13,
wherein the control contents include a content for causing the operation reaction control means to perform a control of the reaction force restricting the position input to the selectable areas except the corresponding selectable area in accordance with the position input to the corresponding selectable area in the guide input mode.
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