Vehicle input device
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTadashi Sano
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Abstract
In a vehicle input device having a position detection portion configured to output a detection signal and a controller (control section) configured to receive the detection signal, the position detection portion operated by a driver is provided near an end side of the vehicle input device, and a contact operation surface on which the driver performs a contact operation is an end surface of an operation member of the position detection portion. Thus, the driver is capable of operating the vehicle input device with a finger while holding a steering wheel. In addition, by the controller determining the position of an operation of the driver on the basis of the detection signal from the position detection portion, it is made possible to detect various operations and various devices can be operated.
Claims9
A vehicle input device comprising:
- a mounted portion mounted on a steering apparatus having a steering wheel and a steering column;
- an operation input portion provided so as to project from the mounted portion in a direction away from a rotation central axis of the steering wheel and configured to detect an operation of a driver and generate a detection signal;
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- a control section configured to receive the detection signal, wherein
- the operation input portion has a position detection portion configured to detect a position of an operation with a finger of the driver and a retaining member configured to retain the position detection portion,
- the position detection portion is provided on a projecting direction end side of the operation input portion, and
- the detection signal is generated on the basis of the position of the operation with the finger of the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.