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US 10,330,195 B2Granted
Input device
AssigneesPanasonic Corporation, Fico Triad, S.A.
InventorsSeigo Yamanaka, David Tuset Danis, Narcis Pallares Mullet
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Abstract
An input device is equipped with an operation member that is capable of performing an operation by a hand of an operator; a braking unit configured to brake a movement of the operation member; a speed determiner configured to determine a current speed of the operation member; and a controller configured to cause the braking unit to brake the movement of the operation member in response to the current speed of the operation member.
Claims19
An input device comprising:
- a member configured to be operated by a hand of an operator;
- a brake configured to brake a movement of the member;
- a controller configured to:
- determine a current speed of the member based on a current position of the member and a previous position of the member,
- cause the brake to brake the movement of the member in response to the current speed of the member,
- determine a position of the member repeatedly,
- acquire information relating to a target position where the member is to be stopped,
- adjust an activation start timing of the brake in response to a difference between the target position and the current position of the member and the current speed of the member, and
- determine, as the target position, based on a current movement direction of the member, a position corresponding to one of two end positions of plural gear positions of a transmission of a vehicle in which the input device is installed.
6 more elements
An input device comprising:
- a member configured to be operated by a hand of an operator;
- a brake configured to brake a movement of the member;
- a controller configured to:
- determine a current speed of the member based on a current position of the member and a previous position of the member,
- cause the brake to brake the movement of the member in response to the current speed of the member,
- determine a position of the member repeatedly,
- acquire information relating to a target position where the member is to be stopped,
- adjust an activation start timing of the brake in response to a difference between the target position and the current position of the member and the current speed of the member,
- determine, as the target position, based on a current movement direction of the member, a position corresponding to an intermediate gear position between two end positions of plural gear positions of a transmission of a vehicle in which the input device is installed.
6 more elements
An input device comprising:
- a member configured to be operated by a hand of an operator;
- a brake configured to brake a movement of the member;
- a controller configured to:
- determine a current speed of the member based on a current position of the member and a previous position of the member,
- cause the brake to brake the movement of the member in response to the current speed of the member,
- determine a position of the member repeatedly,
- acquire information relating to a target position where the member is to be stopped,
- adjust an activation start timing of the brake in response to a difference between the target position and the current position of the member and the current speed of the member,
- determine a running direction of a vehicle in which the input device is installed, and
- determine, as the target position, based on at least the determined running direction of the vehicle and a current movement direction of the member, a position corresponding to a gear position adjoining a gear position which causes a change in the running direction of the vehicle among plural gear positions of a transmission of the vehicle.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.