Patent ID: 9489500
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G01C,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A manipulation apparatus, mounted on a vehicle, including a manipulation portion that accepts input using a manipulation entity to manipulate an image portion displayed on a display portion, the manipulation apparatus comprising: a detection section that detects a movement manipulation to move the manipulation entity along the manipulation portion; an acquisition section that acquires a measurement value increasing and decreasing according to a manipulation entity distance that is defined as a distance between (i) the manipulation portion and (ii) the manipulation entity in space above the manipulation portion; an association section that, based on the measurement value acquired by the acquisition section, an authorization manipulation determination section that previously stores a specific manipulation performed by the manipulation entity as an authorization manipulation and determines whether the authorization manipulation is performed; and a mode changeover section that the display portion is provided in an instrument panel of the vehicle to be exposed to be visible from a manipulator manipulating the image portion, the manipulation portion is positioned to be remotely distanced to be separated from the display portion, the manipulation portion being adjacent to a palm rest of the vehicle, and the manipulation portion and the display portion are connected using a communication interface.