Non-contact operating apparatus for vehicle and vehicle

A non-contact operating apparatus for a vehicle, the non-contact operating apparatus comprising:

• a generating unit configured to generate and update an image containing an image object,
• a projecting device configured to project the image in a predetermined display region within a vehicle compartment of the vehicle, the image object being projected at a predetermined position within the predetermined display region and being visible by an occupant present within the vehicle compartment of the vehicle;
• an operation detecting device configured to detect an operation site of the occupant positioned in a vicinity of the predetermined display region within the vehicle compartment;
• an operation determining unit configured to set an inputtable region that is invisible by the occupant within the predetermined display region, and determine, on a basis of a position or motion of the operation site of the occupant with respect to the inputtable region, whether the operation site of the occupant detected by the operation detecting device performs a non-contact operation against the image object,
• a motion detecting device configured to detect motion of the occupant caused by the motion of the vehicle based on motion at least one of an upper body, a shoulder or a head of the occupant;
• and
• a traveling state detecting device configured to detect weight acting on the vehicle or an acceleration of the vehicle,
• wherein when the weight is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value or the acceleration is equal to or lower than a second predetermined value, the operation determining unit is configured to i) set a position of the inputtable region at an initial position where the inputtable region overlaps with the image object, and ii) determine presence or absence of the operation against the image object by the operation site of the occupant,
• wherein when the weight is higher than the first predetermined value or the acceleration is higher than the second predetermined value, the operation determining unit is configured to i) move the position of the inputtable region from the initial position based on the detected motion of the occupant caused by the motion of the vehicle in response to receiving motion data from the motion detecting device indicative of the motion of the occupant caused by the motion of the vehicle, to suppress the motion of the occupant caused by the motion of the vehicle, and ii) determine presence or absence of the operation against the image object by the operation site of the occupant after the position of the inputtable region is moved,
• wherein the generating unit is configured to generate the image so that a position of the image object is fixed at the predetermined position, even though the position of the inputtable region is moved by the operation determining unit.