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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Kanemitsu, Susono, JP;
Kyomi Morimoto, Nishio, JP;
Yukiyoshi Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Kazuteru Maekawa, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Asano, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ; B60Q / ; B60Q / ; G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345173 ; 345178 ; 340438 ; 3409322 ; 340995 ;
Abstract
A reaction area in a display can be enlarged from one directly above a switch display in the operator's eyesight direction. Specifically, the operator's position is determined from the driver's position or the like, and when the display is looked at to the right and upward, for instance, the reaction area is enlarged to the right and downward of a switch on the front side in the eyesight direction. Thus, operability can be improved in both cases when the display is looked at obliquely and diretly from the front.