In-vehicle manipulation apparatus and in-vehicle input apparatus

An in-vehicle manipulation apparatus mounted in an operable position for a user sitting on a seat, comprising:

• a display device viewable for the user;
• a two-dimensional operation section including a stick-shaped rocking shaft having an end having an operation knob, the operation knob being operated within a predetermined two-dimensional operation surface as an operation range such that a rocking axis of the rocking shaft tilts from a predetermined neutral angular position to a direction corresponding to a direction in which the display object moves on the screen;
• a one-dimensional operation section having an operation surface exposed from a main surface of the operation knob, the main surface being an end surface of the rocking shaft, the one-dimensional operation section can be operated in a predetermined one-dimensional operation direction relative to the operation surface;
• two-dimensional operation control means for two-dimensionally moving a predetermined display object displayed on the screen of the display device based on operation to the two-dimensional operation section;
• and
• one-dimensional operation control means for performing at least one of the following i) and ii) to the predetermined display object being displayed on the screen of the display device based on operation of the one-dimensional operation section:
• i) display movement control for moving the display object in a predetermined one-dimensional display direction corresponding to the one-dimensional operation direction along which operation is performed;
• and
• ii) control content change control for sequentially changing a plurality of control contents in predetermined changing order to one of forward and reverse directions of the changing order corresponding to the one-dimensional operation direction along which operation is performed.

An in-vehicle input apparatus, comprising:

• a first input device manipulated by operation of an operator;
• a second input device manipulated by operation of an operator and integrally provided with the first input device as a part of the first input device, the operation being similar to or different from the operation to the first input device;
• and
• holding means for stopping operation of the first input device and holding the first input device,
• wherein when the following condition i) is satisfied, the holding means temporarily locks operation of the first input device so as to hold the first input device not to work:
• i) operation to the second input device is performed.

An in-vehicle input apparatus performing predetermined input to an output device, comprising:

• a first input device manipulated by operation of an operator;
• a second input device manipulated by operation of an operator, the operation being similar to or different from the operation to the first input device, and integrally provided with the first input device as a part of the first input device;
• and
• holding means for stopping operation of the first input device and holding the first input device,
• wherein when the following conditions i) and ii) are satisfied, the holding means temporality locks operation of the first input device so as to hold the first input device not to work:
• i) operation to the second input device is performed during operation of the first input device, and
• ii) output from the output device relates to output produced when the second input device is manipulated.