Electronic Control Apparatus

• US 20150331494A1
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Mizuno, Yoshiyuki
• Application Number:
  US14/811,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331494A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/141 Activation of instrument input devices by approaching fingers or pens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/146 Instrument input by gesture
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/782 on the steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/1476 comprising switch controlling means located near the free end of the lever, e.g. press buttons, rotatable rings
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/80 Circuits; Control arrangements for dashboards B60Q3/16; for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/47
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042

Abstract

An electronic control apparatus includes: a motion detection unit that detects motion of a hand or a finger; and a control unit that controls at least one electronic device. The control unit stops execution of a specific function by the electronic device when the motion detection unit detects the motion while the electronic device executes the specific function. The control unit does not detect the motion while the electronic device does not execute the specific function.

Claims

1. An electronic control apparatus comprising:

a motion detection unit that detects motion of a hand or a finger; and

a control unit that controls at least one electronic device, wherein

the control unit stops execution of a specific function by the electronic device when the motion detection unit detects the motion while the electronic device executes the specific function, and

the control unit does not recognize the motion while the electronic device does not execute the specific function.

2. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the specific function is an alarm function or a notification function, and

the control unit stops execution of the alarm function or the notification function by the electronic device when the motion detection unit detects the motion while the electronic device executes the alarm function or the notification function.

3. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the specific function is a lighting function that an indoor illumination lamp constituting the electronic device is lit with an alarm color, and

the control unit stops lighting of the indoor illumination lamp with the alarm color when the motion detection unit detects the motion while the indoor illumination lamp is lit with the alarm color.

4. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the specific function is a display function that a head-up display constituting the electronic device performs a display operation, and

the control unit stops the display operation of the head-up display when the motion detection unit detects the motion while the head-up display performs the display operation.

5. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the control unit stops the display operation of the head-up display and displays, on another display unit other than the head-up display, display contents having been displayed on the head-up display.

6. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the motion detection unit is provided at a tip of a lever switch attached to a steering column.