Patent ID: 9274619
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B60K,B62D,G06F

Claim Text:
1. An input apparatus comprising: an operation detecting unit that detects an operation input direction to an operation input unit attached to a steering wheel; an operation input direction recognizing unit that recognizes the operation input direction detected by the operation detecting unit; an image display unit that displays element images constituting a part of an image; and an operation input direction control unit that uses the direction recognized by the operation input direction recognizing unit as the operation input direction related to at least any one of the element images, wherein the operation input direction recognizing unit determines that a change amount of a touch position in an operation object in a direction perpendicular to a direction of an arrangement of the element images is zero and recognizes that the operation input direction is a direction corresponding to the arrangement of the element images only during a time when a vehicle is in motion; and wherein the operation input direction recognizing unit recognizes that the operation input direction detected by the operation detecting unit is a direction in which groups of element images to be displayed on the image display unit are arranged, and when any of the groups of the element images is selected, the operation input direction recognizing unit recognizes that the operation input direction detected by the operation detecting unit is a direction in which element images are arranged in any of the groups.