Switch control device for motor vehicle

• US 4,691,116 A
• Filed: 08/05/1985
• Issued: 09/01/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co. (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co. (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: Kiyono, Yasuhiro, Takeyama, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ip, Shik Leun Paul
• Application Number:
  US06/762,471
• Time in Patent Office: 757 Days
• Field of Search: 307/10 R, 307/9, 307/10 SB, 307/10 BP, 307/10 LS, 307/112, 307/113, 307/115, 307/120, 307/141.8, 307/38, 307/39, 307/40, 200/5 R, 200/5 A, 200/5 D, 200/5 E, 200/1 R, 200/52 R, 200/52 A, 200/56 R, 200/61.27, 200/61.54, 200/159 B, 340/52 R, 340/52 F, 340/74, 340/79
• US Class Current: 307/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0239 Electronic boxes
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/70 having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard mounting together a plurality of independent switches H02B
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2217/022 Part of keyboard not operable
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/012 programmable
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/014 LED
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/032 photographic
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2221/068 having a not operable condition
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/024 Screw
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/054 Mounting of key housings on same printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2231/026 Car
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2239/01 combined with other elements on the same substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2239/03 Avoiding erroneous switching
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2239/05 Mode selector switch, e.g. shift, or indicator

Abstract

A switch control device for controlling a plurality of switches for actuating apparatuses of a motor vehicle, respectively, including at least one stop mode switch allowed to be operated only in a stop state of the motor vehicle and at least one running mode switch allowed to be operated in a running state of the motor vehicle and provided separately from the stop mode switch such that input operation of the stop mode switch and the running mode switch is regulated on the basis of whether the motor vehicle is in the stop state or in the running state.

Claims

1. A switch control device for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of switches for actuating a plurality of apparatuses of said vehicle, at least one of said plurality of switches comprising a stop mode switch and a moving mode switch, said device further comprising a means for enabling the stop mode switch or the moving mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches, depending on whether or not the vehicle is in motion.

2. A switch control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein both the stop mode switch and the moving mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches are enabled when the vehicle is not in motion.

3. A switch control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein only the moving mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches in enabled when the vehicle is in motion.

4. A switch control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein only the stop mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches is enabled when the vehicle is not in motion.

5. A switch control device as claimed in claim 2, wherein only the moving mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches is enabled when the vehicle is in motion.

6. A switch control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a mode changeover switch which can alternately enable either the stop mode switch or the moving mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches only when the vehicle is not in motion.

7. A switch control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying whether the moving mode switch or the stop mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches is enabled.

8. A switch control device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a display means for displaying whether the moving mode switch or the stop mode switch of said at least one of said plurality of switches is enabled.

9. A switch control method for controlling a plurality of switches for actuating a plurality of apparatuses of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

separating each of said plurality of switches into a stop mode switch and a moving mode switch; and

enabling the stop mode switch or moving mode switch of each of said plurality of switches depending of whether or not the vehicle is in motion.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, comprising enabling both the stop mode switch and the moving mode switch of each of said plurality of switches when the vehicle is not in motion.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, comprising enabling only the stop mode switch of each of said plurality of switches when the vehicle is not in motion.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, comprising enabling only the moving mode switch of each of said plurality of switches when the vehicle is in motion.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, comprising enabling only the moving mode switch of each of said plurality of switches when the vehicle is in motion.