Patent ID: 8471401

Claim:
A switch device for a vehicle comprising: a first switch that is provided at a predetermined location of a vehicle and that enables input by one of a rotation operation and a tilting operation; a second switch that is provided in the vicinity of the first switch and that enables input by a predetermined operation; an operation direction detector that detects an operation direction of the rotation operation of the first switch or the tilting operation of the first switch; and a controller that is capable of controlling an on-vehicle equipment in accordance with the input operations to the first switch and the second switch, wherein when the second switch is located on an extension of the operation direction of the first switch that is detected by the operation direction detector, the controller prohibits execution of a control of the on-vehicle equipment in accordance with the input operation to the second switch until a predetermined time from after the operation direction of the first switch is detected by the operation direction detector elapses.