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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Kiyotaka Sasanouchi, Osaka, JP;
Kiyotaka Sasanouchi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle input system is provided which includes: an input unit which accepts an operation instruction for a plurality of pieces of equipment on board an automobile; a control section which, in accordance with an operation instruction accepted by the input unit, transmits a control signal for controlling equipment targeted by the operation instruction; and an information acquisition section which, if at least one of the plurality of pieces of equipment is exchanged and if new equipment is added, then acquires, as control-signal information, information on a control signal for controlling the substituted or added equipment, in which the control section generates the control signal in accordance with the control-signal information acquired by the information acquisition section.