Device for manipulating vehicle built-in devices
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1. A device for manipulating vehicle built-in devices, comprising:
- a pad configured to come into contact with a user'"'"'s manipulating hand, the pad formed in a depression so that walls are formed around the depression;
a camera installed beneath the pad and configured to photograph the user'"'"'s fingers on the pad above;
a screen configured to display overlay images of at least one user finger captured by the camera overlaid on a manipulation screen of a vehicular device; and
a processor configured to issue a relevant manipulation instruction by extracting a trajectory formed by the user'"'"'s fingers from a time series of images of at least one user'"'"'s finger captured by the camera and comparing a motion pattern of the user'"'"'s fingers input through the pad and the camera with motion patterns previously registered in memory, wherein each motion pattern is associated with a specific control function of the vehicle built-in devices, andwherein images taken of the user'"'"'s fingers from below are converted into an image viewed from the bottom so that the image displayed on the screen is a top-side view of the user'"'"'s fingers rather than a bottom side.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device for manipulating vehicle built-in devices. The device includes a manipulation unit, a display unit and a manipulation control unit.
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1. A device for manipulating vehicle built-in devices, comprising:
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a pad configured to come into contact with a user'"'"'s manipulating hand, the pad formed in a depression so that walls are formed around the depression; a camera installed beneath the pad and configured to photograph the user'"'"'s fingers on the pad above; a screen configured to display overlay images of at least one user finger captured by the camera overlaid on a manipulation screen of a vehicular device; and a processor configured to issue a relevant manipulation instruction by extracting a trajectory formed by the user'"'"'s fingers from a time series of images of at least one user'"'"'s finger captured by the camera and comparing a motion pattern of the user'"'"'s fingers input through the pad and the camera with motion patterns previously registered in memory, wherein each motion pattern is associated with a specific control function of the vehicle built-in devices, and wherein images taken of the user'"'"'s fingers from below are converted into an image viewed from the bottom so that the image displayed on the screen is a top-side view of the user'"'"'s fingers rather than a bottom side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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