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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Taketoshi Fujii, Anjo, JP;
Haruka Iga, Chiryu, JP;
Yoji Inui, Aichi-ken, JP;
Atsuo Fukaya, Kariya, JP;
Keiichi Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yamada, Kariya, JP;
Taketoshi Fujii, Anjo, JP;
Haruka Iga, Chiryu, JP;
Yoji Inui, Aichi-ken, JP;
Atsuo Fukaya, Kariya, JP;
Keiichi Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yamada, Kariya, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An input device, wherein the screen () of a display device () is divided into two regions, a region (A) and a region (A), and the icon switch displayed in the region including the position of an invisible pointer (P') is selected. Thus, one of an icon switch () and an icon switch () that are displayed on the screen () is selected at any time. Consequently, the user will no longer have to watch the screen carefully and perform an operation for moving an instruction marker such as a visible pointer to a desired icon switch, for example as in conventional devices. Accordingly, the user can enter a desired instruction in a short time by selecting a desired icon switch in a short time.