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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Akio Takahashi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Shinsuke Ueda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Akio Takahashi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Shinsuke Ueda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/027 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/027 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1096 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2013 (2013.01); B60K 2350/928 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automotive instrument specifying unit of an automotive instrument operating device specifies a group of automotive instruments on the basis of the direction of gaze of an occupant detected by a gaze direction detector, and specifies one automotive instrument from among the specified group of automotive instruments on the basis of the up/down direction selected by up/down direction selecting unit when the up/down direction selecting unit has been operated in a state in which the group of automotive instruments has been specified.