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US 2013/0076499 A1Published application
Vehicle operation input apparatus and control method for vehicle operation input apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMunechika OKITA
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Abstract
A vehicle operation input apparatus includes: a display having a screen; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not a hand of a driver has been removed from a steering wheel, and after determining that the hand of the driver has been removed from the steering wheel in a situation where an operation menu is not displayed on the screen, control the display such that the operation menu is displayed on the screen.
Claims13
A vehicle operation input apparatus comprising:
- a display having a screen;
- and
- a control unit configured to determine whether or not a hand of a driver has been removed from a steering wheel, and after determining that the hand of the driver has been removed from the steering wheel in a situation where an operation menu is not displayed on the screen, control the display such that the operation menu is displayed on the screen.
A control method for a vehicle operation input apparatus, comprising:
- determining whether or not a hand of a driver has been removed from a steering wheel;
- and
- after determining that the hand of the driver has been removed from the steering wheel in a situation where an operation menu is not displayed on a screen of a display, controlling the display such that the operation menu is displayed on the screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.