Patent ID: 8941585
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G05G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An input device with touch input function, comprising: an input member which is operable to input at least one of shifting operation and pushing operation; a touch input device which is responsive to touch of a user and is disposed on a top of the input member; an operation sensor which detects the operation on the input member; a support member which supports an input unit including the input member, the touch input device and the operation sensor, and is supported on a base member in a manner that the input unit is movable among a lock position and an unlock position with respect to the base member; a lock mechanism which locks the input member in inoperable condition at the lock position and which releases the input member in operable condition at the unlock position; an electric actuator which moves the input unit along a direction in which the input unit is movably supported by the support member; a determining module which determines that whether an objective device, which functions in response to an input operation on the input member, is in a touch input mode for requesting a touch input or not based on functional condition of the objective device or touch condition on the touch input device; and a control module which controls the electric actuator to move the input unit to the lock position when the determining module determines that the objective device is in the touch input mode.