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Operating device for vehicle having a screen with an operating surface and a projecting unit configured to project an image on the screen

  • US 9,870,101 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2015
  • Issued: 01/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An operating device for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a stretchable screen having an operating surface, the stretchable screen being configured such that a region of the stretchable screen including a portion of the stretchable screen to which an operating force is applied is three-dimensionally depressed in a direction in which the operating force is applied, in accordance with the operating force applied to the operating surface;

    a projecting unit configured to project an image onto the stretchable screen;

    a detecting unit configured to detect, as an operating position, the portion of the stretchable screen to which the operating force is applied and which is three-dimensionally depressed due to the applied operating force; and

    a processing unit configured to perform predetermined processing associated with a portion of the image projected onto the stretchable screen, based on a result of detection performed by the detecting unit, the portion of the image corresponding to the operating position.

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