Patent ID: 9298306
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B60K,G01C,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A control apparatus comprising: a first input unit that receives a first manipulation signal from a first touchpad, the first manipulation signal being indicative of a first manipulation performed on the first touchpad; a second input unit that receives a second manipulation signal from a second touchpad, the second manipulation signal being indicative of a second manipulation performed on the second touchpad; an operation command output unit that a cancellation unit that cancels an output of the operation command from the operation command output unit and cancels the double pad manipulation supporting mode, when the cancellation unit determines that (i) the first input unit fails to receive the first manipulation signal for a predetermined time period in the double pad manipulation supporting mode, or (ii) the second input unit fails to receive the second manipulation signal for the predetermined time period in the double pad manipulation supporting mode, a switching unit that switches an operation mode of the control apparatus from a single pad manipulation supporting mode to the double pad manipulation supporting mode when both the first touchpad and the second touch pad are simultaneously touched by the user, wherein the switching unit