Patent ID: 8094189
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. An operating device comprising: an operating portion in which an operation switch is disposed, the operating portion being disposed between a driver's seat and a navigator's seat and being arranged in a vehicle width direction within a cabin; a display that displays a stereoscopic image, the display being disposed between the driver's seat and the navigator's seat and being arranged in the vehicle width direction within the cabin; an image pickup mechanism that includes at least two image pickup devices that look obliquely downward at the operating portion from a driver's seat side and are arranged in the vehicle width direction and takes pictures of a hand of a user operating the operating portion, from a plurality of directions; a displayed image generation device that generates a stereoscopic image of the hand based on parallax images obtained from the at least two image pickup devices; and an operator determination portion that determines whether the operating portion is being operated from the driver's seat side or from a navigator's seat side, wherein a compounded image obtained by compounding an operation menu image that depicts a position of the operation switch in the operating portion and a function of the operation switch, and the stereoscopic image of the hand generated by the displayed image generation device is displayed in the display, and the displayed image generation device generates the stereoscopic image of the hand in a sight line direction from the driver's seat side if it is determined by the operator determination portion that the operating portion is being operated from the driver's seat side, and the displayed image generation device generates the stereoscopic image in a sight line direction from the navigator's seat side if it is determined by the operator determination portion that the operating portion is being operated from the navigator's seat side.