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US 2001/0040562 A1Published application
Input device having plurality of function switches
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorHideki Masudaya
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Abstract
The present invention provides an input device allowing automatic customization of selection of function switches and functions assigned to the operating direction of a manual operating pad in a manner most suitable to the habit and subjective bias of operators to prevent any mistakes. The input device includes a mistake counter means, which increments the counted number of mistakes by determining, when any part of an input unit is operated within a predetermined period of time after another part of the input unit has been operated, that the preceding operation is a mistake; and a controller unit will replace the function assigned to the preceding operating action with another function in a function table, when the counted number of times of mistakes reaches a predetermined number.
Claims16
An input device, comprising:
- a plurality of function switches each provided corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices for selecting one of these devices;
- a controller unit for controlling the electronic devices;
- a first warning unit for generating warning signals for informing an operator of the function switches of a mistaken action on the function switches;
- and
- a mistake counter means for monitoring the operation on the function switches to count and store the number of mistakes on each of the function switches, wherein
- the mistake counter means increments the counted number of mistakes by determining, when one of the function switches is operated within a predetermined period of time after another function switch has been operated, that the preceding switch operation is a mistake;
- and
- the controller unit instructs the first warning unit to generate the warning signals when the counted number of mistakes reaches a predetermined threshold number.
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An input device, comprising:
- a plurality of function switches each provided corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices for selecting one of the devices;
- a controller unit for controlling the electronic devices;
- and
- a mistake counter means for monitoring the operation on the function switches to count and store the number of mistakes for each of the function switches, wherein
- the mistake counter means increments the counted number of mistakes by determining, when one of the function switches is operated within a predetermined period of time after another function switch has been operated, that the preceding switch operation is a mistake;
- and
- the controller unit replaces the assigned electronic device selected by the function switch operated in the preceding action with another electronic device selected by another function switch, when the counted number of mistakes reaches a predetermined threshold number.
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An input device, comprising:
- a plurality of function switches each provided corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices for selecting one of these devices;
- a manual operating pad manipulatable in two or more directions for selecting a functionality of the electronic devices by the operating direction;
- a controller unit for instructing the electronic devices to execute the function;
- a first warning unit for generating warning signals for informing an operator of the manual operating pad of a mistaken action on the manual operating pad;
- and
- a mistake counter means for monitoring the operation on the manual operating pad by the operator to count and store the number of mistakes in each operating direction of the manual operating pad, wherein
- the mistake counter means increments the counted number of mistakes in an operating direction by determining, when the manual operating pad is operated in a direction within a predetermined period of time after the pad has been operated in another direction, that the preceding operation is a mistake;
- and
- the controller unit instructs the first warning unit to generate the warning signals when the counted number of mistakes reaches a predetermined threshold number.
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An input device, comprising:
- a plurality of function switches each provided corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices for selecting one of the devices;
- a manual operating pad manipulatable in two or more directions for selecting a functionality of the electronic devices by the operating direction;
- a controller unit for instructing the electronic devices to execute the function;
- and
- a mistake counter means for monitoring the operation on the manual operating pad by the operator to count and store the number of mistakes in each operating direction of the manual operating pad, wherein
- the mistake counter means increments the counted number of mistakes in an operating direction by determining, when the manual operating pad is operated in a direction within a predetermined period of time after the manual operating pad has been operated in another direction, that the preceding switch operation is a mistake;
- and
- the controller unit replaces the function selected by the operating direction in a preceding action with another function selected in a succeeding action when the counted number of mistakes reaches a predetermined threshold number.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.