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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device for a vehicle that performs input for operating a user interface (UI) displayed by a display disposed in a vehicle includes: a touch sensor that receives a touch input by a user; and a controller that selects, when the touch input into the touch sensor is a touch with a plurality of fingers or a plurality of taps, a region corresponding to the count of touches with the fingers or the count of taps, from among a plurality of regions displayed by the display.