公开(公告)号：US12001759B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US18189034

申请日：2023-03-23

Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO

Inventor： Itaru Watanabe ,  Takao Imai

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  B60K35/00 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/044 ,  B60K35/10 ,  B60K35/65

CPC classification number: G06F3/167 ,  B60K35/00 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/044 ,  B60K35/10 ,  B60K35/652 ,  B60K2360/143

Abstract: An operation device includes a housing arranged on a center cluster located diagonally in front of a driver seat and a passenger seat of a vehicle, a left-side operation unit and a right-side operation unit arranged on a right side and a left side, respectively, of a front surface of the housing to receive an operation, a left-side operation detection unit and a right-side operation detection unit to detect an operation performed on the left-side operation unit and the right-side operation unit, respectively, a substrate on which the left-side and right-side operation detection units are arranged, and an output unit that outputs a sound in response to a received operation and is arranged on the substrate so as to be located between the left-side operation detection unit and the right-side operation detection unit at a position to equalize distances from the driver seat and the passenger seat.

公开(公告)号：US11422657B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17151943

申请日：2021-01-19

Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO

Inventor： Takao Imai ,  Itaru Watanabe ,  Shoji Kakinuma

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/04886

Abstract: A control surface has a first area configured to accept a first operation performed with an object for enabling a first function of the controlled device, a second area configured to accept a second operation performed with the object for enabling a second function of the controlled device, and a third area located between the first and second areas. A processing device is configured to: enable the third area to accept the first operation in a case where it is determined that an object contacts or approaches the first area; enable the third area to accept the second operation in a case where it is determined that the object contacts or approaches the second area; and disable acceptance of the first operation and the second operation in a case where it is determined that the objects contacts or approaches the third area prior to the first and second areas.