MOVABLE DEVICE

• US 20160282960A1
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Company Limited (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Company Limited (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: ABE, Makoto, MIKI, Takeru, SHOJI, Masanori, KAWAMURA, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US15/034,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20160282960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0228 Hand-activated mechanical switches B60N2/0229 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/10 of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/102 storable or foldable in a non-use position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/04 in driver or passenger space , e.g. using racks B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take 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 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A movable device has a moving portion causing a movable object to move when a motion of a detected object is detected. A shutter of a cup holder is slidably provided in a front and rear direction of a vehicle. A moving unit causes the shutter to move. A detecting sensor is provided on a surface of the shutter. When a person traces the surface of the shutter with a human finger, the detecting sensor detects the human finger at a plurality of positions. At this time, a CPU detects a motion of the human finger and controls the moving unit, and when the human finger moves to a rear side, the moving unit causes the shutter to be slid to the rear side and when the human finger moves to a front side, the moving unit causes the shutter to be slid to the front side.

Claims

1. A movable device comprising:

a movable object which moves in a predetermined direction;

a moving portion which causes the movable object to move; and

a detecting portion for detecting a detected object at a plurality of positions to detect a motion of the detected object, wherein

when the detecting portion detects the motion of the detected object, the moving portion causes the movable object to move.

2. The movable device according to claim 1, wherein

the detecting portion detects the detected object at the plurality of positions at different times to detect the motion of the detected object.

3. The movable device according to claim 2, wherein

the detected object is a human finger.

4. The movable device according to claim 3, wherein

a motion of the human finger is a swiping motion or a flicking motion to trace the movable object with the human finger.

5. The movable device according to claim 4, wherein

the detecting portion detects a motion direction of the human finger in the swiping motion or the flicking motion, and

the moving portion causes the movable object to move in substantially the same direction as the motion direction of the human finger detected by the detecting portion.

6. The movable device according to claim 3, wherein

the movable object includes a pair of movable units contactable with and separable from each other, and

a motion of the human finger is a pinch-in motion or a pinch-out motion to pinch the movable object with two human fingers.

7. The movable device according to claim 6, wherein

when the detecting portion detects the pinch-in motion, the moving portion causes the pair of movable units to move in a direction close to each other, and when the pinch-out motion is detected, the moving portion causes the pair of movable units to move in a direction apart from each other.

8. The movable device according to claim 2, wherein

the detecting portion includes a detecting sensor configured to detect the detected object, and

the detecting sensor is installed on a surface of the movable object.

9. The movable device according to claim 8, wherein

the detecting sensor includes a touch panel.

10. The movable device according to claim 8, wherein

the detecting sensor includes a plurality of pressure sensors.

11. The movable device according to claim 8, wherein

the detecting sensor includes a plurality of non-contact sensors.

12. The movable device according to claim 8, wherein

the detected object is a human finger, and

an induction member for inducing the human finger to the detecting sensor is provided on the surface of the movable object.

13. The movable device according to claim 2, wherein

the movable object is a container lid.

14. The movable device according to claim 2, wherein

the movable object is a glass or a mirror.

15. The movable device according to claim 2, wherein

the movable object is a shutter of a cup holder.

16. The movable device according to claim 15, wherein

the cup holder is provided with a sensor determining whether a cup is present.

17. The movable device according to claim 16, wherein

when the sensor determines that the cup is present in the cup holder, the shutter causes an opening state to be maintained.