Driving operation device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiro Yanaka
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Abstract
A driving operation device includes an input portion, an output portion and a form modifying portion that transmits an amount of operation of the input portion to the output portion. The form modifying portion can modify an orientation of the input portion depending on a position of the output portion. This can maintain the input portion vertical or horizontal, for example. The form modifying portion also can modify a ratio of an amount of operation of the input portion to an amount of change in the output result based upon the position of the output portion.
Claims16
A driving operation device that executes a driving operation of a vehicle by a driver comprising:
- an input portion which inputs an amount of operation by the driver;
- an output portion to which the amount of operation is transmitted;
- and
- a form modifying portion which modifies an orientation of the input portion based on an output of the output portion corresponding to the amount of operation, wherein
- the form modifying portion comprises a first rod-shaped member and a second rod-shaped member having different lengths, each of the first and second rod-shaped members is coupled with the input portion and the output portion, and
- the first rod-shaped member is a main link and the second rod-shaped member is a control link, the first rod-shaped member and the second rod-shaped member forming a link mechanism.
A driving operation device that executes a driving operation of a vehicle by a driver comprising:
- an input portion by which the driver inputs an amount of operation;
- an output portion which outputs an output value which is determined in accordance with the amount of operation;
- and
- a form modifying portion which modifies a manner of the input portion in which the driver operates in accordance with the output value of the output portion, wherein
- the form modifying portion modifies an orientation of the input portion in accordance with the output value of the output portion, and
- the form modifying portion includes at least first and second links which connect the input portion and the output portion, the input portion being pivotable about the output portion via the first link, and the output value is determined in accordance with an amount by which the input portion pivots, the form modifying portion changes the orientation of the input portion to change a positional relationship between the input portion and the first link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.