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Vehicle equipment

AssigneeClarion Co., Ltd.

InventorsKeita Katsuno, Shuji Kasai

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Abstract

The object of the invention is to provide a technique for vehicle equipment that can be more easily operated by the user. Vehicle equipment according to the present invention includes a protrusion unit provided near at least one side among four sides forming an outer rim of a rectangular display having a touch panel, the protrusion unit being provided such that a long side of the protrusion unit is substantially in parallel with the one side, wherein a button is provided at at least one of both ends of the protrusion unit in an extending direction of the long side, the button being capable of accepting an input in the extending direction of the long side of the protrusion unit.

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Dependent claims

Vehicle equipment comprising a protrusion unit provided near at least one side among four sides forming an outer rim of a rectangular display having a touch panel, the protrusion unit being provided such that a long side of the protrusion unit is substantially in parallel with the one side,

wherein a button is provided at at least one of both ends of the protrusion unit in an extending direction of the long side, the button being capable of accepting an input in the extending direction of the long side of the protrusion unit,
wherein upon acceptance of an input, the button outputs an instruction for starting a sound collection for voice recognition, and
wherein the vehicle component further comprises a control unit for starting a sound collection for voice recognition, wherein
when the button provided at the end nearer to the driving seat accepts an input while a moving body to which the vehicle equipment is attached is moving, the control unit starts the sound collection for voice recognition and limits a screen input operation.

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Facts

Application: 15/128,123Filed 2 Feb 2015
Priority: JP 2014-06264025 Mar 2014
Published: US 2017/0096065 A16 Apr 2017
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
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Classification13 codes

G01C 21/3688
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices , e.g. detachable faceplates, key…
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
B60K 35/22
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: display screens
B60R 11/0229
For radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof: for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes

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