Patent ID: 7417396

Claim:
A manual operation device for controlling an instrument mounted on an automotive vehicle comprising: an operating portion to be operated manually by a user; an actuator as a power source for applying a force to the operating portion; a detection portion for detecting an operation position of the operating portion; a memorizing element for memorizing a force pattern, which defines a relationship between the operation position of the operating portion and a control data for driving the actuator and a relationship between the operation position of the operating portion and an operation signal to be outputted from the device for controlling the instrument mounted on the vehicle; a receiving element for receiving the force pattern from an external device and for memorizing the force pattern in the memorizing element; a control element for reading out the force pattern memorized in the memorizing element, for outputting the control data to the actuator on the basis of the force pattern read out from the memorizing element and the operation position of the operating portion detected by the detection portion, and for outputting the operation signal to the instrument; and a transmitting element for transmitting the force pattern memorized in the memorizing element to the external device.