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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1008 (2013.01); B60K 2350/928 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user interface apparatus made of a grip portion which is gripped by an operator; a contact sensor which is arranged on a surface of the grip portion and which detects a contact position; a sensor information acquiring unit configured to acquire sensor information outputted from the contact sensor; and an input operation acquiring unit configured to acquire a difference between pieces of sensor information respectively acquired at different times and to determine that an input operation corresponding to a predetermined pattern has been performed when the difference conforms to the predetermined pattern.