Patent ID: 11928288
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An operation input device comprising:
a first detection section, provided at an operating portion that is operable to steer a transportation device, the first detection section including a first detection surface that detects a position at which a detection target is touching the first detection surface as a result of a user operation, the first detection section outputting a first signal representing the position;
an operation control section that controls a first operation target based on the first signal;
an operation determination section that outputs a second signal only in a case where it has determined, based on the first signal, that the detection target is touching the first detection surface and has moved a predetermined distance along the first detection surface while touching the first detection surface; and
a switching control section that switches the operation control section between an operation enabled state in which control of the first operation target by the operation control section is enabled, and an operation prevented state in which control of the first operation target by the operation control section is prevented, the switching control section switching the operation control section from the operation prevented state to the operation enabled state in a case in which the second signal has been received,
wherein the switching control section measures an amount of time in which the first signal is not being received by the operation control section in the operation enabled state, and
the switching control section switches the operation control section to the operation prevented state in a case in which the amount of time has reached a predetermined un-operated time period, and
wherein the switching control section can change a length of the un-operated time period in accordance with a driving state of the transportation device.