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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); E05F 15/665 (2015.01); B60J 1/17 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); B60J 1/17 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01); E05F 15/665 (2015.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation device according to the present invention has a touch-screen-type operation surface installed in a vehicle. A plurality of operation units having a convex shape or a concave shape associated with a plurality of components mounted in the vehicle, respectively, are formed at different positions on the touch-screen-type operation surface, respectively. The plurality of operation units are configured to accept an input touch operation as an operation instruction for the component associated with each of the plurality of operation units.