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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Smk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kensaku Mizumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Tago, Kanagawa, JP;
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle input device for reducing the number of input operation keys of input operation devices that are arranged in a vehicle to control an operation of a large number of controlled apparatuses arranged in the vehicle is provided. An entry key for unlocking or locking a vehicle door is positioned to be movable in a specific input operation direction with respect to a housing fixed inside the vehicle. When the entry key is moved in the input operation direction, the movement is detected, whereby the entry key itself is used as an input operation key for controlling the operation of the controlled apparatuses arranged in the vehicle.