INTERFACE DEVICE

Patent №

US 8,102,384

Granted

2012-01-24

Filed 2009

Owner

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11989581

An interface device (15) is provided that includes an operating knob (30) for outputting an operation command signal to in-vehicle equipment, the operating knob (30) being provided with a palm rest portion (30a) for an occupant's palm to be placed on, and a switch (31) being disposed on the operating knob (30) within a region that a fingertip can reach while the palm is placed on the palm rest portion (30a). Since this determines the positional relationship between the switch (31) and the fingertip when the palm is placed on the palm rest portion (30a), even if the switch (31) is operated without being visually checked it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation from occurring and, moreover, the operability is remarkably improved. Furthermore, since tilting the operating knob (30), which is supported so that it can tilt in fore-and-aft and left-and-right directions, outputs an operation command signal to in-vehicle equipment, coupling this with operation of the switch (31) enables many types of operation command signal to be outputted.

VisionB60K 35/10G05G 1/06G06F 3/0338H01H 19/003H01H 25/04G05G 2009/04774H01H 2019/146Y10T 74/20732

AI classification

Vision0.99
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00
Planning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
AI hardware0.00
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

assignment · 234750165

Assignors

YAMADA, HAJIME

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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