Start switch device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYo Ikeda, Tomoyuki Funayama, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada
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Abstract
A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
Claims8
A start switch device, comprising:
- a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device and having an operating surface;
- a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate the operating surface of the start button;
- a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface;
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- a button design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough,
- wherein the design of the button design part comprises characters around the biometric sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.