Patent application EP20168749A (EP), filed 2020-04-08
Publication number: EP3726351A1
Title: VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT APPARATUS, VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle operation input apparatus D that performs an input on a vehicle-mounted device that achieves a predetermined function at a plurality of 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 has been performed, a display control unit 32 that controls the display unit 1, and an input content obtaining unit 33 that obtains, as input content, display content displayed in the first position corresponding to the second position detected by the input position detection unit 2, in which the display control unit 32 indicates level setting display representing a setting of the levels and the input content obtaining unit 33 determines a change amount based on the number of second positions detected by the input position detection unit 2 in the level setting display when an input operation is performed on the level setting display, and obtains, as the input content, the setting of the levels to be changed by the change amount.
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) that is 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, 222R, 222L, 223R, 223L) includes a first pictorial figure that represents increase in the levels and a second pictorial figure that represents reduction in the levels.
number: 3
text: The vehicle operation input apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
number: 4
text: The vehicle operation input apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the level setting display (212R, 212L) is configured to, when the stop detection unit (34) has detected that the vehicle is stopped, also function as the set level display representing a currently set level,
wherein the display control unit (32) is further configured to display, when the stop detection unit (34) has detected that the vehicle is stopped,
number: 5
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: 6
text: The method according to claim 5, wherein the level setting display (212R, 212L, 222R, 222L, 223R, 223L) includes a first pictorial figure that represents increase in the levels and a second pictorial figure that represents reduction in the levels.
number: 7
text: The method according to claim 6, further comprising:
number: 8
text: The method according to claim 7, wherein, when the vehicle has been detected to be stopped, the level setting display (212R, 212L) also functions as the set level display representing a currently set level,
wherein the method further comprises:
number: 9
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 5 to 8.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-10-21
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: JP2013097519A
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ref_id: US2010277438A1
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ref_id: US2017220113A1
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ref_id: US2010277438
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ref_id: JP2013097519
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severity: novelty_destroying
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severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2020-10-21)