Patent ID: 6694236
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G05G

Abstract:
A vehicle-mounted device control unit comprising:an electrical appliance selection switch to select an electrical appliance having various functions; a manual input device to regulate the various functions of the electrical appliance selected with the switch; a loudspeaker; and a controller, wherein signals from the electrical appliance selection switch and manual input device are supplied to the controller, the controller controls, manual input device and the loudspeaker, wherein the manual input device is provided with knobs to be manipulated by a user, actuators to load an external force onto the knobs and detecting devices to detect manipulated states of the knobs, and wherein the controller supplies predetermined control signals according to the manipulated states of the knobs to the actuators and the loudspeaker so as to load an external force onto the knobs and cause the loudspeaker to emit sound corresponding to the external force loaded on the knobs.