Patent application EP20168753A (EP), filed 2020-04-08
Publication number: EP3726352A1
Title: VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT APPARATUS, VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle operation input apparatus D that performs an input to a device installed in a vehicle and achieving a predetermined function at a plurality of different levels. The vehicle operation input apparatus D includes a display unit 1, an input position detection unit 2 that has an operation surface associated with a first position on a display surface of the display unit 1 and detects a second position on the operation surface in which an input operation is performed, a display control unit 32 that controls the display unit 1, an input content obtaining unit 33 that obtains, as input content, display content displayed in the first position that corresponds to the second position detected by the input position detection unit 2, and a vehicle speed measurement unit 5 and a stop determination unit 34 as a stop detection unit that detects whether a stop occurs in the vehicle, in which the display control unit 32 indicates level setting display representing the setting of the levels in mutually different display aspects depending on whether the stop detected by the stop detection unit occurs, and the input operation has mutually different operation aspects that depend on whether the vehicle is stopped.
IPC codes: B60K  35/    00            A I
G06F   3/   041            A I
G06F   3/  0488            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A vehicle operation input apparatus (D) configured to perform an input to a device (6-1, 6-2) that is installed in a vehicle and that is configured to achieve a predetermined function at a plurality of mutually different levels, the vehicle operation input apparatus (D) comprising:
number: 2
text: The vehicle operation input apparatus (D) according to claim 1,
wherein the level setting display (212R, 212L) includes a plurality of first pictorial figures corresponding to the plurality of levels when the stop detection unit has detected that the vehicle is stopped and the level setting display (222R, 222L, 223R, 223L) includes a second pictorial figure that represents increase in the levels and a third pictorial figure that represents reduction in the levels when the stop detection unit has not detected that the vehicle is stopped, and
the input operation is a slide operation when the stop detection unit (34) has detected that the vehicle is stopped or a tap operation when the stop detection unit (34) has not detected that the vehicle is stopped.
number: 3
text: The vehicle operation input apparatus (D) according to claim 2,
wherein the level setting display (212R, 212L, 222R, 222L, 223R, 223L) is configured to, when the stop detection unit has detected that the vehicle is stopped, also function as a set level display representing a currently set level,
the display control unit (32) is further configured to display, when the stop detection unit (34) has detected that the vehicle is stopped,
number: 4
text: A vehicle operation input method for performing an input to a device (6-1, 6-2) that is installed in a vehicle and that is configured to achieve a predetermined function at a plurality of mutually different levels, the vehicle operation input method comprising:
number: 5
text: The method according to claim 4, wherein the level setting display (212R, 212L) includes a plurality of first pictorial figures corresponding to the plurality of levels when the vehicle has been detected to be stopped and the level setting display (222R, 222L, 223R, 223L) includes a second pictorial figure that represents increase in the levels and a third pictorial figure that represents reduction in the levels when the vehicle has not been detected to be stopped, and
the input operation is a slide operation when the vehicle has been detected to be stopped or a tap operation when the vehicle has not been detected to be stopped.
number: 6
text: The method according to claim 5, wherein, when the vehicle has been detected to be stopped, the level setting display (212R, 212L, 222R, 222L, 223R, 223L) also functions as a set level display representing a currently set level,
wherein the method further comprises:
number: 7
text: A computer program product comprising computer-readable instructions that, when loaded and run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 4 to 6.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-10-21
Prior art cited: ref_id: JP2013097519A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2010277438A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2617604A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2010277438
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2617604
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2020-10-21)