Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device for operating in-vehicle apparatus
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Application No.: US12453524Application Date: 2009-05-14
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Publication No.: US08384666B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Masahiro Itoh , Nozomi Kitagawa , Shigeaki Nishihashi , Takeshi Yamamoto , Takeshi Haruyama
- Applicant: Masahiro Itoh , Nozomi Kitagawa , Shigeaki Nishihashi , Takeshi Yamamoto , Takeshi Haruyama
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- Priority: JP2008-127338 20080514
- Main IPC: G06F3/033
- IPC: G06F3/033 ; G09G5/00 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
An input device having a manipulation member is disclosed. The input device has an absolute input mode and a relative input. In the absolute input mode, the input device determines a coordinate of a pointed point on a window of a display unit based on a coordinate of the manipulation member. In the relative input mode, the input device determines the pointed point on the window in a relative manner based on a two-dimensional displacement of the manipulation member with respect to a reference position, which is set when an input mode is switched into the relative input mode. When the manipulation member receives a load that causes the manipulation member to move beyond a predetermined range, the input device generates and applies a force corresponding to the load to the manipulation member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090284467A1 Input device for operating in-vehicle apparatus Public/Granted day:2009-11-19
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