Patent ID: 6593667
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G05G

Abstract:
A car-mounted input device comprising:a display device; a manual operating section; a pivotably mounted control shaft connected with said manual operating section, the control shaft operable in a plurality of operating directions to select a car mounted electrical device; an actuator to apply an external force in the operating direction to said control shaft, wherein, when said manual operating section is operated in a direction outside a predetermined allowable range of movement, external force preset in accordance with an amount of operation of said manual operating section is applied by said actuator to said control shaft; a position sensor to output a position signal in accordance with the operating direction and the amount of operation of the manual operating section; said position sensor being electrically connected to said display device such that said display device displays the type of car mounted electrical display device that has been selected and details for operating the selected car mounted electrical device.