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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Norio Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Nozomi Kitagawa, Okazaki, JP;
Katsuhide Kumagai, Niwa-gun, JP;
Masahiko Miyata, Niwa-gun, JP;
Norio Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Nozomi Kitagawa, Okazaki, JP;
Katsuhide Kumagai, Niwa-gun, JP;
Masahiko Miyata, Niwa-gun, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Niwa-gun, JP;
Abstract
An input apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus being used for operation input to various vehicular electronic devices, sets position input permission areas on a two-dimensional operation surface of an operation input device discretely by control of a main controller. In control modes of a reaction force, a guide input mode where position indication operations to the areas on the operation surface by the operation input device are guided along unique paths defined in the respective area and an arbitrary mode where the position indication operations are not guided but performed freely can be changed. The guide input mode is set at least during a vehicle travel.