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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Takashi Sunda, Yokosuka, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Sakata, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A joystick input device adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and an operational failure avoidance method are disclosed, wherein controllable operation guidesare set in an operational range of a stickthat is rendered operative only in a given direction depending on a GUI condition. A stick control computing devicestores information related to an operational direction upon judgment of occurrence of operational failures caused during stick operation, discriminates an occurrence tendency of the operational failures through analysis of a history of the operational failures, thereby adjusting a moveable mode of the operation guide so as to avoid the operational failures.