Switch control device for motor vehicle
AssigneeOmron Tateisi Electronics Co.
InventorsYasuhiro Kiyono, Yutaka Takeyama
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Abstract
A switch control device for controlling a plurality of switches for actuating apparatuses of a motor vehicle, respectively, including at least one stop mode switch allowed to be operated only in a stop state of the motor vehicle and at least one running mode switch allowed to be operated in a running state of the motor vehicle and provided separately from the stop mode switch such that input operation of the stop mode switch and the running mode switch is regulated on the basis of whether the motor vehicle is in the stop state or in the running state.
Claims16
A switch control device for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of switches for actuating a plurality of apparatuses of said vehicle, said plurality of switches comprising at least one stop mode switch and at least one moving mode switch, said device further comprising a means for selectively preventing the at least one stop mode switch or the at least one moving mode switch from being actuated, depending on whether or not the vehicle is in motion.
A switch control method for controlling a plurality of switches for actuating a plurality of apparatuses of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- separating said plurality of switches into at least one stop mode switch and at least one moving mode switch;
- preventing the at least one stop mode switch or the at least one moving mode switch from being actuated, depending on whether or not the vehicle is in motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.