Patent ID: 8532871

Claim:
A vehicle operating device, comprising: a voice operation unit for recognizing an uttered voice and outputting a voice recognition result; a spatial operation unit for recognizing a movement performed within a predetermined space and outputting a spatial recognition result; a main processing unit for executing a specific processing corresponding to said voice recognition result and executing a separate specific processing corresponding to said spatial recognition result; a display unit for displaying an image generated in accordance with an instruction from said main processing unit, said image being superimposed on an actual scene that can be viewed through a windshield; and an individual authentication processing unit for authenticating an individual, wherein said main processing unit causes said display unit to display a menu corresponding to said voice recognition result, and executes processing corresponding to said spatial recognition result to select a single item from said menu, and said spatial operation unit obtains a recognition mode set in relation to said individual authenticated by said individual authentication unit, and when an item displayed on said display unit is selected, said spatial operation unit recognizes said movement performed within said space by a relative position thereof when said recognition mode is a relative mode, and by an absolute position thereof when said recognition mode is an absolute mode.