Patent ID: 8306693

Claim:
An input system for a vehicle, comprising: an actuator operable by an operator; a controller outputting a display signal in response to an operation on the actuator, and outputting a control signal to a target device that performs one or more functions; and a display having a screen to display an image based on the display signals, wherein the image including a graphic object indicating the actuator, one or more arrows and one or more function indicators located around the graphic object, each of the one or more arrows pointing away from the graphic object and pointing directly toward a respective one of the function indicators, each of the function indicators indicating a respective one of the functions, and the controller operable to upon the operator operating the actuator in the direction corresponding to one of the one or more arrows, select one of the one or more function indicators located in a direction indicated by one of the one or more arrows, and control the target device to perform a function out of the one or more functions indicated by the selected one or more function indicators.