Patent ID: 8396626

Claim:
A vehicular manipulation input apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first manipulation section configured to execute a first control, the first manipulation section having a first manipulation direction; and a second manipulation section configured to execute a second control that is made to include a denial of the first control, the second manipulation section having a second manipulation direction, the first manipulation section and the second manipulation section being arranged (i) such that the second manipulation direction of the second manipulation section is orthogonal to the first manipulation direction of the first manipulation section, or (ii) such that the second manipulation direction of the second manipulation section has a directional component, which is opposite the first manipulation direction of the first manipulation section; wherein the first manipulation section and the second manipulation section are arranged in a pair at mutually different positions, respectively; a second directional extension line is defined as a normal line or an orthogonal line extending from a manipulation face, which a user touches in order to manipulate the second manipulation section, towards the second manipulation direction; a first directional extension line is defined as a normal line or an orthogonal line extending from a manipulation face, which the user touches in order to manipulate the first manipulation section, towards the first manipulation direction; and the first manipulation section and the second manipulation section are arranged (i) such that the first directional extension line relative to the first manipulation section and the second directional extension line relative to the second manipulation section are orthogonal to each other, or (ii) such that an extending direction of the second directional extension line relative to the second manipulation section has a directional component that is opposite an extending direction of the first directional extension line relative to the first manipulation section.