# US 10,479,203 B2 · Vehicle equipment

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- Number: US 10,479,203 B2
- Document ID: US10479203B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/128,123
- Filed: 2015-02-02
- Published: 2017-04-06
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-25
- Assignees: Clarion Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Clarion Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Keita Katsuno; Shuji Kasai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479203B2

## CPC

- G01C 21/3688: {Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens}
- B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
- B60K 35/22: Display screens
- B60R 11/0229: {for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes}
- G01C 21/3664: {Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures}
- G06F 3/0362: with detection of one-dimensional [1D] translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
- G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}
- G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback}
- B60K 2360/1438: Touch screens
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle equipment according to claim 1, wherein
the button is provided so as to be offset by a predetermined distance from another side among the four sides, the another side being in contact with the one side at a right angle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle equipment according to claim 1, wherein
one of buttons outputs an instruction to tilt the rectangular display, the one of the buttons being provided at one of the both ends of the protrusion unit in the extending direction of the long side, the one of the both ends being a far end from the driving seat of the vehicle mounting thereon the vehicle equipment.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle equipment according to claim 1, wherein
the protrusion unit is provided at a portion on a display screen of the rectangular display, the portion being excluded from an area that detects a touch to the touch panel.