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AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Kojima, Nobuyuki Nakano, Masaki Tada
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An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular input device which is capable of improving accuracy for detecting a contactless input from a driver. A vehicular input device includes a contactless operation detecting unit for detecting a contactless operation on a center display, distance detecting units, distance information storing units in which distance information items obtained from the distance detecting units are stored for each of the distance detecting units, a proximity object determining unit for determining whether or not an object is in proximity of any of predetermined specific positions in a vehicle based on the stored distance information items, and a detecting operation controlling unit for limiting the detection by the contactless operation detecting unit when the object is determined to be in the proximity of any of the specific positions.
A control apparatus in a vehicular input device including (i) a display for use in a vehicle, the display being adapted to a contactless operation, (ii) a contactless operation detecting sensor which detects the contactless operation on the display performed by an object that is at least a part of a body of the driver of the vehicle, and (iii) a distance sensor which detects a distance to the object, the control apparatus comprising:
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