التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Operation device |
| Document Number: |
20080238874 |
| تاريخ النشر: |
October 2, 2008 |
| Appl. No: |
12/076973 |
| Application Filed: |
March 26, 2008 |
| مستخلص: |
A display device is provided in a central position of an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment, and an operation device is provided in a center console. The operation device is formed with a case body having a palm rest, with is provided with a pointing device and four finalizing switches. A menu display window showing an array of multiple function selection items or a list display screen is displayed on a screen of the display device. The user selects a desired function selection item by moving a cursor by operation of an operation knob of the pointing device. In this state, the user ON operates any one of the finalizing switches, thereby performing finalize-designation. A user can thus operate the operation device from any one of multiple directions without uncomfortable feeling. |
| Inventors: |
Yamamoto, Norio (Kariya-city, JP); Kitagawa, Nozomi (Okazaki-city, JP); Sasaki, Hiroaki (Chiryu-city, JP); Haruyama, Takeshi (Kariya-city, JP); Fukumoto, Motohiro (Nagoya-city, JP); Sano, Hirotake (Nishikamo-gun, JP); Kodera, Haruyuki (Toyota-shi, JP); Mori, Kenji (Nagoya-shi, JP); Kawachi, Kazuhiro (Nishikamo-gun, JP) |
| Assignees: |
DENSO CORPORATION (Kariya-city, JP), TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota-city, JP) |
| Claim: |
1. An operation device for selecting a function displayed on a screen of a display device and performing the selected function, the operation device comprising: a case body; a function selection switch, provided on the case body, for selecting a function selection item displayed on the screen; and at least two finalizing switches, provided in the case body, for finalize-designating the function selection item selected with the function selection switch, wherein a same finalize-designation is made at a same timing by operating any of the at least two determination switches. |
| Claim: |
2. The operation device according to claim 1, provided in a vehicle, for performing various functions with respect to in-vehicle devices, wherein the at least two finalizing switches always realize the same function regardless of running or stopped status of the vehicle. |
| Claim: |
3. The operation device according to claim 2, positioned between adjacent seats of the vehicle. |
| Claim: |
4. The operation device according to claim 2, wherein at least one finalizing switch of the at least two finalizing switches is provided in a left position of the case body with reference to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and at least one finalizing switch of the at least two finalizing switches is provided in a right position of the case body with reference to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. |
| Claim: |
5. The operation device according to claim 1, wherein the case body has a surface shaped to have a palm rest function for stably fixing a user's hand when the hand is placed on the surface of the case body. |
| Current U.S. Class: |
345/163 |
| Current International Class: |
06 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edspap.20080238874 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
USPTO Patent Applications |
