VEHICULAR MANIPULATION INPUT APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicular manipulation input apparatus comprising:
- a display section including a display window for executing an operation of a device in a vehicle;
a remote manipulation section provided at a position separated from the display window, the remote manipulation section having a remote manipulation area for remotely executing a manipulation input in the display window;
an input acceptance section configured to accept an input corresponding to a press manipulation position based on a press manipulation to the remote manipulation area;
a hand image capture section configured to capture an image of a hand that opposes the remote manipulation area;
a position indication image display section configured to display a position indication image, which is generated based on the captured image of the hand, at a position on the display window, the position being indicated by the hand;
a predetermined finger state specification section configured to specify whether a finger state of the hand opposing the remote manipulation area is a predetermined finger state; and
a display mode assignment section configured to execute a display mode switchover control of a display mode assigned to the position indication image display section,the display mode switchover controlassigning the display mode with a display permission mode to permit a display of the position indication image when the predetermined finger state is specified, andassigning the display mode with a display prohibition mode to prohibit a display of the position indication image when the predetermined finger state is not specified.
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Abstract
A vehicular manipulation input apparatus for a vehicle includes a manipulation panel, and a display device which displays a position indication image for displaying an indication position on the manipulation panel. It is specified whether a finger state of a hand opposing the manipulation panel is a manipulation intention expression-use finger state. In a condition that the vehicle is in a travel state, a display of the position indication image is permitted when the finger state is specified as the manipulation intention expression-use finger state whereas a display of the position indication image is prohibited when the finger state is not specified as the manipulation intention expression-use finger state.
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95 Claims
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1. A vehicular manipulation input apparatus comprising:
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a display section including a display window for executing an operation of a device in a vehicle; a remote manipulation section provided at a position separated from the display window, the remote manipulation section having a remote manipulation area for remotely executing a manipulation input in the display window; an input acceptance section configured to accept an input corresponding to a press manipulation position based on a press manipulation to the remote manipulation area; a hand image capture section configured to capture an image of a hand that opposes the remote manipulation area; a position indication image display section configured to display a position indication image, which is generated based on the captured image of the hand, at a position on the display window, the position being indicated by the hand; a predetermined finger state specification section configured to specify whether a finger state of the hand opposing the remote manipulation area is a predetermined finger state; and a display mode assignment section configured to execute a display mode switchover control of a display mode assigned to the position indication image display section, the display mode switchover control assigning the display mode with a display permission mode to permit a display of the position indication image when the predetermined finger state is specified, and assigning the display mode with a display prohibition mode to prohibit a display of the position indication image when the predetermined finger state is not specified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for displaying a position indication image in a display apparatus having a display section with a display window, and a remote manipulation section with a remote manipulation area for executing manipulation to the display window remotely,
the position indication image being displayed, when a finger opposes in front of the remote manipulation section, at an on-window position on the display window corresponding to a position of the finger in such a manner to be combined to or superimposed on an image of a background, the method comprising: -
a predetermined finger state specification step of specifying whether a finger state of the hand opposing the remote manipulation area is a predetermined finger state; a step of assigning a display permission mode to permit a display of the position indication image when the predetermined finger state is specified; and a step of assigning a display prohibition mode to prohibit a display of the position indication image when the predetermined finger state is not specified.
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50. A method for displaying a position indication image in a display apparatus having a display section with a display window, and a remote manipulation section with a remote manipulation area for executing manipulation to the display window remotely,
the position indication image being displayed, when a finger opposes in front of the remote manipulation section, at an on-window position on the display window corresponding to a position of the finger in such a manner to be combined to or superimposed on an image of a background, the method comprising: -
a finger specification step of specifying a finger in a hand opposing in front of the remote manipulation section; a manipulation target finger assignment step of assigning, from the specified finger, a manipulation target finger, which is used or estimated to be used for a manipulation to the remote manipulation section; a display step of displaying the position indication image indicating an indication position of the specified finger in such a manner to be combined to or superimposed on an image of a background on the display window; and a position indication image highlight step of executing a highlight display of a position indication image corresponding to the assigned manipulation target finger among the displayed position indication image so as to relatively highlight more in comparison with a position indication image corresponding to a finger different from the manipulation target finger. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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